A TEENAGE girl is set to appear before magistrates charged with biting a female police officer.
North Yorkshire Police were called to a disturbance at a property in Avenue Grove, Harrogate at about 8.50pm on Friday.
A spokeswoman said a 16-year-old girl was arrested at the scene on suspicion of breach of court bail conditions and taken to Harrogate custody suite.
She said: "While at Harrogate police station, a woman police officer was bitten by the suspect.
"The 16-year-old was further arrested on suspicion of assaulting a policing officer and later charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm."
The officer received medical treatment for a bite wound to her arm, and the girl is due before magistrates today (Tuesday).
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