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A man has been charged with assault after allegedly spitting in a journalist’s face during protests outside the Conservative party conference. | A man has been charged with assault after allegedly spitting in a journalist’s face during protests outside the Conservative party conference. |
Russell Woods, 30, of no fixed abode, was charged with section 39 assault on Monday afternoon. He was bailed to appear at Manchester and Salford magistrates court on 20 October. | |
The charge came after a Huffington Post journalist, Owen Bennett, said in a video posted online that he had been spat at by a protester in Manchester on Sunday. | |
“I’ve just been spat on by a protester, even though I’m part of the media and not part the Conservative party,” he said in the video, telling demonstrators: “Thing is guys, I work for the Huffington Post. I don’t even work for the Mail or any of those papers you normally come to.” | “I’ve just been spat on by a protester, even though I’m part of the media and not part the Conservative party,” he said in the video, telling demonstrators: “Thing is guys, I work for the Huffington Post. I don’t even work for the Mail or any of those papers you normally come to.” |
Greater Manchester police said: “At around 2.25pm on Sunday 4 October 2015, a 30-year-old man was standing outside the Radisson hotel on Peter Street when he was approached by another man who spat in his face.” | |
Following the alleged incident, the Trades Union Council (TUC) general secretary, Frances O’Grady, condemned the “unacceptable” treatment of Bennett and a Telegraph reporter who was with him at the time. | Following the alleged incident, the Trades Union Council (TUC) general secretary, Frances O’Grady, condemned the “unacceptable” treatment of Bennett and a Telegraph reporter who was with him at the time. |
Other journalists, including the Channel 4 news reporter Michael Crick, complained of being spat at as they entered the highly fortified conference area on Sunday. |
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