Teenagers accused of sexual assault for slapping a man on the bottom during a night out

Two teenage women, both 19, appear in court with sexual assaulting a man by slapping his bottom on a night out in Portsmouth

  • Scarlett Bareham and Hannah Phillips, both 19, entered no pleas to the charges
  • Slap said to have occurred in Guildhall Walk area of Portsmouth late last summer
  • At court today alongside third teeanger, who is not charged with sexual assault

Two teenage women appeared in court today charged with sexual assaulting a man by slapping his bottom on a night out.

Scarlett Bareham and Hannah Phillips, both 19, entered no pleas to the charges which relate to an incident at a popular nightlife district in Portsmouth.

The slap is said to have occurred in the Guildhall Walk area of Portsmouth late last summer, which is home to a number of nightclubs.

Hannah Phillips

Scarlett Bareham (left) and Hannah Phillips, (right) both 19, entered no pleas to the charges which relate to an incident at a popular nightlife district in Portsmouth

Bareham, of Bedhampton, Hants, is also charged with affray. She is understood to be a beauty therapist. Phillips is also from Bedhampton.

They appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates Court today alongside a third 19year-old, Fiona Hoyle, who is charged with affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on a woman.

Hoyle, of Southsea, Hants, is not charged with sexual assault.

The three women were bailed and will appear again at magistrates court next month. 

The slap is said to have occurred in the Guildhall Walk area of Portsmouth late last summer, which is home to a number of nightclubs

The slap is said to have occurred in the Guildhall Walk area of Portsmouth late last summer, which is home to a number of nightclubs

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