A person has been charged by police after a hearse was pushed on to a soccer pitch by masked males, resulting in a match being deserted.
The “disturbance” occurred throughout half-time in a pre-season sport at Dunston UTS’s floor, the place the aspect have been drawing 1-1 with Gateshead on 21 July 2023.
Northumbria Police stated it has now charged a 29-year-old suspect from Chester-le-Street, County Durham, with prison injury and a public order offence.
He is because of seem earlier than South Tyneside Magistrates on 31 January.
Last July in Gateshead, the automobile together with a Subaru have been pushed round in circles on the pitch whereas these contained in the automobiles threw leaflets.
The males within the hearse, who have been sporting balaclavas, then left the automobile and acquired into the Subaru earlier than being pushed out of the UTS Stadium.
They left the hearse on the sphere.
Some of the incident was captured on video by folks inside the bottom.
The match between the 2 non-league sides was referred to as off.
Officers attended the scene inside minutes the place no person was reported to have been injured or threatened.
Police then launched an investigation and arrested 12 folks.
On Wednesday, the Northumbria pressure introduced it had charged a person.
It additionally stated two males – aged 41 and 29 – stay beneath investigation, whereas one other two males – aged 42 and 40 – stay on police bail.
Seven different males arrested in reference to the incident will face no additional motion.
The pressure stated in an announcement: “Under no circumstances will we tolerate disorder of this kind in our communities.
“Anyone with details about what occurred on July 21 who has not but contacted police ought to accomplish that by utilizing the ‘Report’ web page of the Northumbria Police web site or name 101.”
Source: information.sky.com”