A 19-year-o;d has been charged after police were called to reports of a gun in Warwick on Friday (2 February) night.

At 11.30pm officers responded to a report of a disturbance at a property in Hammond Close. It was reported that a man had a firearm.

A short time later a suspect was located in Bollingbrook Drive and an imitation weapon was seized.

David Moroney, of Webb Drive, Warwick has been charged with possession of an imitation firearm in a public place, possession of an imitation firearm, possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, criminal damage to a property, stalking involving fear of violence and threatening a person with an offensive weapon.

Moroney will appear at Coventry Magistrates' Court today (Monday 5 February).

A 39-year-old woman from Leamington arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been bailed until April while enquiries continue.