A man has been charged after a firework was thrown into a busy crowd at a council-run Bonfire Night.

Attendees were left shocked following the incident at Fawkes in the Walks in King's Lynn on November 1. 

Four people suffered injuries to their hands and necks and received treatment from paramedics and a doctor at the scene.

A woman who suffered burns to her hands was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further treatment. 

Aidas Berzinskas, 23, from Kings Green in Fairstead, King’s Lynn, has been charged with four counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, three counts of criminal damage and one count of firing a firework into a highway/street/public place.

Berzinskas has been bailed and is due to appear at King’s Lynn Magistrates' Court on January 9.

Another man in his twenties who was arrested on November 15 was released with no further action.