Gye Worthy, the father of 17-year-old Cole Worthy who died in the A66 Middlesbrough crash last month, has been charged after allegedly attacking a mourner during his son's funeral service. Cleveland Police say the disturbance broke out after Worthy took issue with comments made during the ceremony, and he has now been charged with common assault, a public order offence and obstructing police, weeks after burying his son amid a case already linked to organised crime.

Worthy, 39, from Acklam, was arrested on Wednesday 9 September at Teesside Crematorium and is due before Teesside Magistrates' Court on 2 October. Cole was one of five young men killed alongside two police officers, PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough, when their car struck a police vehicle on the A66 on 22 August; police say the group, linked to a Teesside drugs turf war, were fleeing officers at the time. Cole's mother, Natalie McConnell, was reportedly "devastated and shocked" by the disruption, while separate funerals for the other victims and a ceremonial police funeral for PC Clough were also held around the same period.