A man has been charged in an investigation into a person exposing themself and a bus being damaged in the city centre.

Police were called to Western Road, near Western Terrace, Brighton, at 5.50pm on on October 6 amid reports of a man flashing and damaging a bus.

Officers arrested Phillip Murphy, 57, at the scene.

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Murphy, of Selsfield Drive, Brighton, was charged the next day with criminal damage, indecent exposure, using threatening/abusive language/behaviour to cause alarm or distress and for two counts of assaulting an emergency worker.

He was remanded to appear before Crawley Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, October 8.

Murphy was bailed from court with strict conditions ahead of his next hearing on November 5 at Lewes Crown Court.