North Lynn man accused of coughing at police and telling them he had coronavirus

A man is set to appear in court over claims he coughed in the faces of three police officers and told them he had coronavirus.

Police revealed the man from North Lynn, who has not been named, had been detained in a social media post yesterday afternoon.

The Twitter post from the King's Lynn Police account added that he had been charged with three counts of assaulting an emergency worker.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, officers arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of a public order offence yesterday.

Officers said that following reports of abusive behaviour towards staff and shoppers in a supermarket.