A man has been charged with assault by beating.

Paul Waters, 39, of Corringham, is due to appear at Basildon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, September 20.

Officers received reports that a woman had got into a vehicle after being assaulted in Southend Road, Stanford-le-Hope, at around 6.45pm on Thursday, August 16.

Essex Police was only given the first half of the car’s registration but a controller handler carried out some additional searches and managed to find the remaining details.

Police attended an address linked to the vehicle and arrested a man.