Two men are due in court after two McDonald’s staff members were allegedly assaulted in Essex.

Police received reports around 2.40am on Saturday, April 20 that two men were assaulted in McDonald's restaurant in Galley's Corner, Braintree.

Ben Dyer, 28, of Cressing Road, Braintree, and Steven Toms, 38, of Cherwell Way, Gorleston, have been summonsed to Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday, December 9 for assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH).