Fifth arrest after city centre protests
Two protests took place in Leicester city centre
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Police say officers have now made five arrests in connection to protests in Leicester city centre at the weekend.
Officers were deployed to the Clock Tower on Saturday as part of a planned operation in response to two demonstrations.
Leicestershire Police said a 57-year-old man was arrested on Monday and charged with a public order offence.
It comes after four other people were arrested in connection with the protests, which were among several taking place around the country following the killings of three young girls in Southport, Merseyside.
A dispersal order was also put in place
A 35-year-old woman from Beaumont Leys was arrested in the city centre on Saturday night and charged with racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/alarm/distress and assault by beating of an emergency service worker.
A 34-year-old man from Bushby was charged with two counts of persistently making use of public communication network to cause annoyance/inconvenience/anxiety and one count of giving a false alarm of fire to a person acting on behalf of a fire and rescue authority.
The force said this related to a 999 call made on Friday.
On Saturday, another man was arrested for breach of the peace before being de-arrested and leaving the area.
The other arrest was a 24-year-old man who has been bailed after being held for public order offences.
On Tuesday, Ch Supt Shane O'Neill said: "We are continuing to track and assess any events that we are aware of and putting appropriate policing plans in place."
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