Man Charged In Brighton Bus And Indecent Exposure Incident

Monday, 14 October 2024 13:20

By Dominic Kureen @WriteOnDom

A man has been charged after a bus was damaged and he was reported to have exposed himself in Brighton.

Following the report to police on October 6 at around 5.50pm, officers attended Western Road, near Western Terrace, and arrested Phillip Murphy, 57, of Selsfield Drive at the scene.

Murphy was charged the next day with criminal damage, indecent exposure, using threatening/ abusive language/ behaviour to cause alarm or distress, and for two counts of assaulting an emergency worker.

He was remanded to appear before Crawley Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, October 8.

Murphy was bailed from court with strict conditions ahead of his next hearing on November 5 at Lewes Crown Court.

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