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[22 MAY 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Extra Officers Mobilised In Nuneaton Fracas

Police were called to Nuneaton town centre from all over north Warwickshire last night as a mass brawl broke out.

A police officer was kicked in the head and body as the ruckus got out of hand.

PC Steve Burgess was treated for bruises at George Eliot Hospital, but was not seriously injured.

A large crowd gathered outside the Pen and Wig pub in Church Street at 11pm as a number of scuffles broke out.

Extra officers were called in from Atherstone, Bedworth, Coleshill, and even the motorway police to control the disturbance.

Five people were eventually arrested and the crowd was dispersed after an hour.

A 27-year-old Nuneaton man and 20-year-old from Banks Hill were arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly and committing minor public order offences.

A 22-year-old Nuneaton man and a man aged 20 from Galley Common were charged in connection with the assault on PC Burgess.

A 17-year-old was later arrested and released on bail after being questioned about a public order offence.
    

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