A 32-year-old woman remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting a man in Niton last night (Sunday).
Officers were called at 21:22 to reports that a man had been assaulted in Chatfeild Road, near to Priory Walk.
It has been confirmed this morning that a 32-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
She remains in custody at this time having spent a night in the cells at Newport Police Station.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has confirmed that the parties involved are known to one another.
UPDATE – 32-year-old Natasha Gower-Crane, of Chatfeild Road in Niton, has been charged with assault by beating.
She appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Friday, where she pleaded not guilty.
She will next appear in court for the trial on 27th April.
UPDATE 14TH FEBRUARY – The case has been discontinued.
Wow, a woman arrested for assaulting a man. Must be first. Well done police.
25 % assaults on men are reported to be by women , men are macho and do not like to say they were beaten up by a woman .
25%? I think you’ll find it much closer to 40%.
Well is it 25% or 40% ? Probably neither. Did you know that 27% of statistics are made up on the spot ?
Much more than that if you include the coercive control and tongue -lashing we older men endure daily, Dave G.
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Even if she is convicted, statistically, women get more lenient sentencing that men for the same crimes.
this island gets better every year