A man has been charged after a female police officer was assaulted in Perviale.

Metropolitan Police said a group gained access to a site in Wadsworth Road in the early hours of Thursday morning (March 9) and officers were called to the area later that morning.

The group of people left the site at 4pm on Thursday (March 9) after they were ordered to leave by police.

Officers said a female police officer was assaulted at the scene.

Michael Ward, 23, of no fixed address, was arrested and later charged with actual bodily harm (ABH).

He appeared at Ealing Magistrates Court on Thursday (March 9) where he pleaded not guilty.

Ward will next appear at the same court on May 4.

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