Man charged with attempted murder after serious assault in Cosham

A man has been charged in connection with a serious assault in Cosham.

We were called at 4:25pm on Tuesday 25 February to Morrisons Daily on Chatsworth Avenue, with reports that a woman in her 60s had been seriously assaulted at an address on the same road.

Officers and colleagues from South Central Ambulance Service attended, and the woman was taken to hospital with a serious, but non-life threatening, injury to her head.

Following enquiries, 47 year-old Gary Buckingham of Highbury Grove in Portsmouth has been charged with attempted murder.

He has been remanded into custody to appear today (Thursday 27 February) at Portsmouth Magistrates Court.