Two people have been charged in connection with an incident where a grieving family of five were allegedly assaulted in a park in Colchester.
A 14-year-old boy, from Colchester, has been charged with three counts of assault occasioning ABH and has been bailed to appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on February 4.
Janine Jackson, 27, of Hickory Avenue, Colchester, has been charged with two counts of assault by beating and bailed to appear at Colchester Magistrates Court on February 27.
Two other people who were also on bail are currently in prison for other matters.
The arrests relate to an incident on July 23 where a family were attacked when they were in Highwoods Country Park to perform a ceremony for their stillborn daughter, one day after she died.
