Three women arrested after police officers were threatened with being spat at during house party

Three women have been charged after police officers were assaulted while responding to reports of a house party in Eastbourne.

Police were called to Edgeland Terrace at around 9.45pm on Wednesday the 8th of April. At the property, the officers were threatened with being spat at and deliberately exposed to Covid-19.

One officer was assaulted and suffered an injury to his head that required hospital treatment.

Bayleigh Meadows, 21, unemployed, of Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, was arrested and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray.

Millie Robinson, 21, unemployed, of Edgeland Terrace, Eastbourne, was arrested and charged with two counts of assaulting an emergency worker and affray.

They were both due to appear before magistrates on Saturday.

Nicole Stonestreet, 20, unemployed, of Seaside, Eastbourne, has been charged with assaulting an emergency worker and affray. She has been released on bail until a later date.