The incident happened during a Sherborne RFC game at the Terrace Playing Fields

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Rugby player due in court over alleged assault during Sherborne RFC game

Paul JonesFebruary 7, 20240 Comment0

A RUGBY player who is alleged to have assaulted an opposition team member during a match is set to appear in court.

The alleged incident occurred during the first half of a match at around 3.30pm on Saturday, March 4 last year, between Sherborne RFC and Wellington RFC at the Terrace Playing Fields.

Police said the victim attended hospital for treatment, where it was found he had sustained fractures to his eye socket and cheek bone.

Following enquiries, a 26-year-old man from Devon attended for a voluntary police interview and has now been issued with a postal requisition to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, February 21, for an offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm.

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Paul Jones

I am the editor in chief of Blackmore Vale media, which includes the New Blackmore Vale, New Stour & Avon, Salisbury & Avon Gazette and the Purbeck Gazette, having been a reporter for some 20 years. In my spare time, I am a festival lover, with a particular focus on Glastonbury. I live in Somerset with my wife and two children.