Prosecutors have dropped court action against a woman charged with ‘causing a public nuisance’ on an A500 bridge. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had charged a 46-year-old Newcastle-under-Lyme woman with causing a public nuisance.It followed the repeated closure of the M6, A500, and Northwood Lane due to welfare concerns over the course of A week. But the CPS has since withdrawn the charge after the case was heard at North Staffordshire Justice Centre.The incident happened on Friday 5 June. The Sentinel has chosen not to name the defendant at the centre of the court case.A CPS spokesman said: “The case was withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service in court having determined that it was not in the public interest to pursue a prosecution.”Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service had been called to the bridge.A police spokesman said: “We were called at 9.45pm on Friday 5 June to Northwood Lane following concerns for the welfare of a woman near junction 15 of the M6 at Hanford interchange. Council highways closed the A500 southbound carriageway while emergency services attended the scene. The woman was assisted to safety and the road reopened at 12.50am the following morning.”An ambulance service spokesman said: “We were called to an incident on Northwood Lane and sent a specialist paramedic and a paramedic officer to the scene. On arrival, crews found a woman who was assessed and discharged and left in the care of police.”Get even more North Staffordshire exclusives – and it is free
CPS drops ‘public nuisance’ court action against woman on A500 bridge
