A MAN will appear in court in connection with an alleged assault where a man lost a tooth after being punched repeatedly.

At around 4.25pm on February 23 it was reported that a man aged in his 20s was approached by another man in the car park of the Morrisons supermarket in Chiltern Drive, Verwood, and punched a number of times, causing him to fall to the ground.

The victim lost one tooth as a result of the alleged assault and another tooth was damaged.

A 24-year-old local man was arrested in connection with the incident and has now been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He is due to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on September 3.