A MAN has been charged after a seven-year-old girl was assaulted at Edgware Tube station.

Clarice Laptes, 55, of Weedington Road, Camden, has been charged with common assault and possession of cannabis following the assault on November 6.

He has been bailed to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 15.

The victim was walking across the bridge to exit the station at about 1.15pm when she was hit on the head.

Although she was not seriously injured, police previously said it was a “traumatic experience”.