A WOMAN has been charged with wounding a man outside a pub.

Maria Downes, 36, a cleaner from Central Avenue in Southend, has been charged with assaulting a 51-year-old man outside the Guildford pub in Sutton Road, Southend, leaving him with serious facial injuries.

The incident took place at around 6.50pm on Sunday, May 11.

She will appear at Southend Magistrates Court on Friday, October 3.

She has been released on bail until her court appearance.