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).