Police have arrested a man after punching and threatening someone with a knife
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Police were called to the Broadway Park Hotel at 10.33pm on April 23, following an allegation that a man had been assaulted and threatened with a knife.
Officers attended and arrested 26-year-old Thomas Riordan, of Atherley Park Close in Shanklin, who was subsequently charged with assault by beating and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.
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Hide AdRiordan was also charged with a further count of assault by beating and criminal damage, in relation to an incident at an address in Newport on April 21 where it is alleged that a woman was assaulted and a TV was damaged.
He was remanded in custody to appear at the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court today (April 25).
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