Overview
- The suspect, a man in his early 20s, was arrested in Hackney on suspicion of common assault for allegedly entering a Marsh Wall flat.
- Social media footage of bystanders detaining the intruder and urging police to arrest him fuelled accusations of two-tier policing.
- Channay Augustus, 22, has been charged with affray, common assault, possession of an offensive weapon, assault on an emergency worker and cannabis possession.
- A Section 35 dispersal order remains in effect around Marsh Wall with two people arrested for breaching the order.
- Scotland Yard describes the incident as a complex investigation and is reviewing body-worn video and CCTV as part of its public-order probe.