A man has been charged with assaulting four police officers and a nurse.

Lee Fisher, 23, of Carroll Gardens, Wickford, was charged with five counts of assaulting an emergency worker under the Assaults on Emergency Workers Offences Act 2018.

The alleged offences took place while they were assisting him following an incident at the Fortune of War roundabout in Arterial Road, Laindon, on the evening of Friday, November 16.

He is due to appear at Basildon Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, Monday, November 19