Policewoman assaulted
A MANOORA man has been charged after assaulting a female police officer last night.
Police were called to an incident at the Murray Street address shortly after 11pm.
The man was being arrested by the officer in relation to another matter when he struggled violently and forced the officer to the ground, injuring her arm.
The man was restrained and handcuffed before being transported to the watch-house.
He has been charged with serious assault, trespass, obstructing police and also failing to appear in Court on another unrelated matter.
The man is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on August 3.
It follows an attack on a policeman and ambulance officer a week earlier.
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