A Burnham-On-Sea police officer was injured when he tried to break up a fight involving 30 youths in the centre of town on Friday night (January 26th).
As these exclusive photos show, the incident took place in Pier Street outside the town’s Somerfield supermarket at 10.20pm.
Four teams of police were sent to the scene to break up the scuffle, and an officer suffered minor head injuries.
A police spokesman confirmed to Burnham-On-Sea.com: “Police were called at 10.30pm to the vicinity of Pier Street to reports of 30 youths fighting.”
“When they arrived, they found a disturbance in progress and one male was taken into custody. During the incident, one of our officers sustained minor injuries.”
It was confirmed on Saturday that a youth had been charged with resisting arrest and a section 5 public order offence in connection with this incident.
