Ringmer assaults: Uckfield man charged after police receive report of man with knife outside pub

By Lawrence Smith
Published 24th Oct 2023, 09:46 BST
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Sussex Police said they have charged a man following two assaults at a Ringmer pub.

Police said that Walter Doe, 33, of Keld Close, Uckfield, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and threatening a person with a blade / sharply pointed article in a public place.

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A Sussex Police spokesperson said: “It comes after police received a report of a man with a knife outside The Cock Inn on Old Uckfield Road on 7 October. The suspect was reported to have hit one man in the face and driven at another, causing an injury to his arm, before fleeing the scene in a VW Golf.

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Sussex Police said they have charged a man following two assaults at a Ringmer pubSussex Police said they have charged a man following two assaults at a Ringmer pub
Sussex Police said they have charged a man following two assaults at a Ringmer pub

“Officers attended and carried out extensive area searches, but with no trace of the suspect. Enquiries continued and two days later on 9 October, Doe was arrested. He has since been charged and remanded in custody to appear at court on 8 November.”