A second man has been charged over an event during which British government’s top medical adviser was accosted during a London park, police said on Tuesday.
Footage published on social media last week showed Chris Whitty, who has become one among the foremost prominent officials across Britain during the coronavirus pandemic, being grabbed by two jeering, grinning men.
Detectives said the incident occurred on June 27 in St James’s Park when officers had become “aware of a person being accosted by a gaggle of men”. They said the victim didn’t suffer any injuries.
Police said that they had charged a second man, Jonathan Chew, 24, with common assault and obstructing police. he’s thanks to appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court afterward Tuesday.
Last week another man, Lewis Hughes, 23, was charged with common assault and can appear in court at the top of the month.
