Man alleged to have harassed women charged for breaching order excluding him from Portsmouth Guildhall area
A MAN has been charged with breaching exclusion order in the city centre after officers were called to women being harassed.
Published 22nd Mar 2022, 14:54 BST
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Steven Chariewa, 29, of Beambridge, Basildon, Essex has been charged with failing to comply with a section 35 direction excluding a person from the Guildhall Walk area.
It comes after officers conducting patrols in the area became aware of a man displaying harassing behaviour towards women in the early hours of Sunday morning, a spokeswoman from Hampshire Constabulary said.
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Hide AdShe said: ‘Officers issued him with a Section 35 notice at 2.35am preventing him from entering Guildhall Walk for 24 hours.
‘Approximately half an hour later he was seen to re-enter the area and was arrested and later charged.’
He is next due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday April 14.