19/01/2015

Two Charged Over Attack On Mourning Family

Police investigating an attack on a family who were mourning the loss of a stillborn baby at a park in Colchester have charged a 27-year-old woman and 14-year-old boy.

The family was at High Woods Country Park in July last year planning to release balloons in memory of their stillborn baby girl when they were attacked.

Police have charged Janine Jackson, of Hickory Avenue, Colchester, with two counts of assault by beating.

And an unidentified teenage boy has been charged with three counts of assault "occasioning ABH".

Police have also said that two other suspects in the case are currently in jail on other matters.

(MH/IT)

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