Arrests around Coronation include alleged weapons and sexual offences

Among the arrests made around the Coronation today were several involving allegations of sexual assault, weapons offences and behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm of distress.

The Metropolitan Police said 14 people were arrested on The Mall, 13 to prevent a breach of the peace and one for possession of drugs and a knife.

Six people were arrested on Whitehall, five of whom were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance and the sixth was arrested for religiously aggravated behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm of distress.

One person was arrested on Charing Cross Road on suspicion of affray, another was near Green Park Station on suspicion of racially aggravated behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. 

One person was also arrested at Trafalgar Square on suspicion of sexual assault.