Serving Staffordshire Police officer up in court on assault charge
A serving Staffordshire Police officer has appeared in court charged with common assault.
Pc Colin Gay, based in the force operations department, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Friday.
He was charged after an incident on Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge in Stoke on-Trent, on October 5 last year.
The 49-year-old, of Princetown Close in Meir Park in Stoke-on-Trent, has been bailed until his next appearance on April 1 at the magistrates court.
No plea was entered.
