A man will appear in court today after being charged with stalking and assault in a supermarket.

Scott Palmer, 51, is accused of three crimes, all of which took place in Buckhurst Hill.

Last week, Palmer, of High Road, Woodford Green, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman in the Waitrose store on Queens Road, by using insulting words and threatening behaviour.

Palmer is accused of stalking two people and beating a woman the day after the supermarket assault. He will appear in Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court later today.