Test Valley Police detain man wanted for assault and damage

The man, wanted in connection with cases of assault and criminal damage, was identified by Test Valley officers in Chilworth yesterday afternoon.

A post on Test Valley Police's Facebook page read: "While patrolling Lordswood in Chilworth this afternoon, in response to the anti-social use of motorcycles, a male was spotted deliberately avoiding police.

"It turns out his reluctance to say hello was down to the fact he was wanted for numerous offences of unprovoked assaults and damage.

"One detained......"

A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: "Officers were patrolling yesterday, 6 May, when they came across a man wanted in connection with several offences.

"Subsequently, Marc Smith, 42, of no fixed abode, has been charged with the following offences

- A common assault on High Street, Eastleigh, on 29 March. A 49-year-old man was assaulted by the Iceland store, he was not seriously injured.

- Four counts of criminal damage on Regal Walk and Market Street, Eastleigh, on 30 March after eggs were thrown at four store windows."

He appeared before Southampton Magistrates Court this morning (7 May).