Peterborough man pleads guilty following attack on child in Millfield street
A video of the incident has gone viral on Facebook.
A man has pleased guilty after an attack on a child in a Peterborough street.
A video has gone viral over the weekend on social media showing a man kicking a child in the head along Lincoln Road on Saturday (April 26).
Officers attended the scene and arrested a man and later charged him on Sunday with two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm, assault an emergency worker and criminal damage.
Both the child and the police officer received what the police have described as ‘minor injuries.’
Catalin Ganciu (27) of Lincoln Road pleaded guilty to the charges at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning (April 28).
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Constabulary said: “A 27-year-old man, from Peterborough, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to two counts of actual bodily harm, assault by beating of an emergency worker and criminal damage.
“He has been remanded in custody and the case has been adjourned to week commencing June 9 for committal for sentence at Crown Court.”