Waterlooville man, 36, charged with assault after two people beaten up in Lee-on-the-Solent high street

A MAN from Waterlooville has been charged with assault after two people were beat up.
By Freddie Webb
Published 7th Oct 2022, 10:41 GMT
Updated 7th Oct 2022, 10:41 GMT
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John Clifford Seymour, 36, was detained in Lee-on-the-Solent high street on Monday.

Officers responded to reports of two people being assaulted at 12.45pm.

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John Clifford Seymour, 36, of Stakes Road in Waterlooville, has been arrested and charged with two counts of assault. Two people were reportedly attacked in Lee-on-the-Solent high street. Picture: Google Street View.John Clifford Seymour, 36, of Stakes Road in Waterlooville, has been arrested and charged with two counts of assault. Two people were reportedly attacked in Lee-on-the-Solent high street. Picture: Google Street View.
John Clifford Seymour, 36, of Stakes Road in Waterlooville, has been arrested and charged with two counts of assault. Two people were reportedly attacked in Lee-on-the-Solent high street. Picture: Google Street View.

No one was injured in the attacks.

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Seymour, of Stakes Road, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

He was placed on bail and will be back in court next year.

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: ‘Police were called at around 12.45pm on October 3 to reports of two people being assaulted by a man on the High Street in Lee-on-the-Solent.

‘No injuries were reported during this incident.

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‘John Clifford Seymour, aged 36, of Stakes Road in Waterlooville, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault by beating.

‘He was remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on October 4.

‘At the hearing, he was bailed by Magistrates to appear at the same court on 17 March 2023.’