A man and two women have been arrested after a fight broke out in a London courtroom.
Police and paramedics burst into Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday afternoon after reports of a fight during an ongoing trial.
The incident happened just yards away from the separate trial of Rolf Harris who is accused of a string of sex offences spanning four decades.
One person was rushed to hospital with a shoulder injury following the unexpected incident.
Photos taken at the court, on English Grounds on the Southbank, show two ambulances, a paramedic’s motorbike and several police cars parked outside.
Police said they were called at just after 3.30pm to reports of an altercation.
One man was arrested on suspicion of assault and two women were arrested for affray.
All three remain in custody at a police station in central London.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 3:30pm today to reports of an incident at English Grounds.
“We sent two ambulance crews and a motorcycle paramedic to the scene.
“We treated a patient at the scene for a shoulder injury and took them to a hospital in west London.”
On Wednesday, also at Southwark Crown but in a different courtroom, the jury in the trial of Rolf Harris retired to consider its verdicts. The Australian former TV entertainer denies six counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault.
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