A man is due to face court accused of assaulting a police officer in Hamilton overnight.
Officers were called to Beaumont Street around 11.00pm on Monday to reports an intoxicated man was behaving in an offensive manner outside the Hamilton Station Hotel.
Police say they directed him to move on and he initially complied but then returned and swore at the officers and refused to move on.
They arrested the 44-year-old and were assisting him into a caged vehicle when it's alleged he punched a Senior Constable in the face.
The man's been granted conditional bail to face Newcastle Local Court on 6 August 2020 charged with continue intoxicated behaviour after move on direction and assault police in the execution of their duty.
The officer sustained only a minor injury.
