A WOMAN has been charged with being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle and assault of an emergency worker.

Officers attended a report just after 5am on Thursday, October 15 of a silver Ford Mondeo being abandoned in the road with its lights on.

On attendance, police noted a woman was seen trying to start the car.

A suspect was detained at the scene and taken into custody, where a detention officer was allegedly pushed by the suspect, sustaining minor injuries.

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Katarzyna Opozda, 40, of Egerton Road, Prescot was charged with being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle and assaulting an emergency worker.

She has been released on bail and will appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on February 23, 2021.