A 36-year-old man has been charged with assault after a busker was allegedly attacked in Winchester High Street.

Guitarist Marvin Naylor was performing near The Broadway on Thursday when a man allegedly shoved him and threatened to smash his guitar.

The man was restrained by a group of women.

Russell Loveland, of no fixed address, has been charged with common assault and was bailed to appear before Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court.