A MAN charged with attacking an emergency service worker is set to appear before magistrates.

Paul Knapper, 29, was arrested following reports two officers were assaulted in Nayland Drive, Clacton, at around 11.50pm on Wednesday, January 16.

The officers were responding to a domestic incident.

Knapper, of no fixed address, is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court today charged with two counts of assault by beating.