A 20-year-old man has been charged after a fight which saw another man assaulted.

Scott Alderton, of Hill Rise in Stowmarket, was due to appear at Suffolk Magistrates' Court today (Wednesday) after being charged following an altercation in the town on Monday.

Police were called to Finborough Road at 10.40am on March 4 following reports of an altercation involving four people. 

A man in his 20s was assaulted during the incident. 

Alderton was charged with one count of assault by beating and one count of using threatening and abusive words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress.