Man threatened police with gun

A Bognor Regis man has appeared in court charged with air weapon offences.

The charges relate to an incident last Friday nightwhen police attended a report of an injured man at a property in Aldwick Road. On arrival, officers were threatened with a firearm and armed police were sent to the scene.

Steven Russell, aged 23, of Aldwick Road, has been charged with possession of an air weapon with intent to cause fear or violence, affray, firing an air weapon beyond premises and possession of a bladed article in a public place.