Man charged with attempted murder following Cosham assault
A woman is in hospital with a serious head injury
Police investigating a serious assault on a woman in Cosham have charged a man with attempted murder.
Officers were called out, along with ambulance teams, after the victim in her 60s, had been attacked near to the Morrisons Daily store on Chatsworth Avenue at around 4.25pm on Tuesday (February 25th).
The woman was taken to hospital with a serious, but non-life threatening, injury to her head.
Following enquiries, 47 year-old Gary Buckingham of Highbury Grove in Portsmouth has been charged with attempted murder.
He has been remanded into custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court today (Thursday 27th).