Police have charged a man to court following multiple assaults on police officers in the Church Avenue area of Dundrum on Sunday, 18th January.

The 29-year-old is charged with five counts of assault on police, one count of resisting police, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of criminal damage.

He is due to appear before Downpatrick Magistrates’ Court this morning, Tuesday, 20th January.

As is usual procedure, all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.