Detectives secure further charges in-connection with Hartlepool disorder

The men – one aged 29 of Sandbanks Drive in Hartlepool and a 38-year-old from Oliver Street in Middlesbrough – separately voluntarily attended Middlesbrough police station on Monday 5 August.  

Following questioning by detectives overnight, the Crown Prosecution Service authorised for them both to be charged this afternoon (Tuesday 6 August) with violent disorder.

Both men have been remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Magistrates Court on Wednesday 7 August.

The charges relate to violence that occurred in Hartlepool on Wednesday 31 July.