Naked man charged after trying to fight with traffic

A drunk man who stripped naked and allegedly started threatening to fight cars on the seafront at Southend in Essex, has been charged.



Tom O'Neill, 32, of no fixed address, has been charged with criminal damage to a vehicle, being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a police officer.





The police were called to deal with him at about 12.40am on Friday morning. A police spokesman said: "Police were called to reports that a man was damaging cars in Marine Parade, Southend.


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"Officers attended and a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle, being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a police officer. He has been charged with these offences. He has been bailed to appear before Southend Magistrates Court on Monday, February 8."