A man has been charged after reports that a knife had been used to slash car tyres and hit buses in Gosport.
Hampshire police said that they received 'a number of calls' saying that a man had damaged car tyres with a knife on Queens Road, Stoke Road and Elmhurst Road on January 24.
It was also reported that the man had made efforts to try to damage passing cars and buses on Stoke Road.
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Police attended and arrested a man on the same road, and he was initially taken to hospital for treatment on a hand injury.
Charles Williams, 27, of Elmhurst Road, was then taken into police custody.
He has been charged with two counts of affray, possession of a knife/sharp pointed article in a public place and 12 counts of criminal damage.
Mr Williams appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court today (January 25) and has now been remanded into custody until his next appearance at Portsmouth Crown Court on February 25.
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