AN 18-year-old man has been charged with threatening a person with an offensive weapon.

Police were called to the Asda carpark, in Highfields Road, in Witham, on Wednesday, September 13 with reports of a disturbance.

No-one was reported to have been injured.

Bailey Wilson, 18, unemployed, of Yare Avenue, Witham, was subsequently arrested and charged with threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.

He appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on December 5, and he is next due to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court, on January 2, for a plea and trial preparation hearing.