He is due to appear in court today.

A 36-year-old man from Chorley has been charged after assaulting a teenage boy and leaving him with a head injury.

The 19-year-old man suffered a head injury after being punched on New Market Street around 5am on Saturday.

Police appealed to the public for help in identifying a man in a captured on CCTV who had been seen earlier at the Flat Iron Pub.

A 36-year-old man was arrested yesterday and has now been charged.

Jason Bolton, of Fusiliers Close, Chorley, is due to appear at Preston Magistrates’ Court today charged with Section 20 wounding.

Chorley man, 36, charged after assaulting teen on New Market Street and leaving him with head injury