26-year-old Thomas Riordan has been charged in connection with 2 incidents in Newport and Sandown, the latter of which is alleged to have involved a knife.
Police were called to the Broadway Park Hotel at 22:33 on Sunday night (23rd April) following an allegation that a man in his 50s had been punched in the face 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.
Riordan 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 Friday (21st April) where it’s alleged a woman was assaulted and a TV was damaged.
Riordan has been remanded in custody to appear at the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court this morning (Tuesday).
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