A man will appear in court later this month after being charged with assaulting a police officer.

Martin Fitzpatrick, 51, of no fixed abode, appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Monday (September 3) charged with theft and assaulting a police officer, following an alleged incident in Blacon on Sunday (September 2).

Fitzpatrick is said to have been stopped by police after they received reports of a theft from a shop in Blacon, before allegedly assaulting one of the officers in question.

He was released on conditional bail and will next appear at Chester Magistrates Court again on September 24.