An off-duty policeman arrested a man for allegedly assaulting him after an incident in a Hitchin pub over the weekend.

Police have charged Brian McGlinchie, 34, from Jubilee Crescent in Wellingborough, with assaulting a police officer outside The Victoria pub in Ickleford Road at around 10pm on Sunday evening.

Between 9.45pm and 9.55pm a man was allegedly seen to hit a car parked on a garage forecourt in Bunyan Road.

The man was approached by two off-duty officers who asked him to stop.

It is alleged that the man become aggressive and was then detained to prevent further incidents occurring. It is then alleged the man then struck out at the officers.

Mr McGlinchie has been bailed to return Stevenage Magistrates’ Court next month.