FUNERAL CHARGE Gye Worthy, 39, charged with assault & obstructing police after funeral of Middlesbrough A66 crash victim, 17, was ‘disrupted’

BGUK_3679214 - Gye Worthy (pictured) has been charged with assault after disorder broke out at a funeral for one of the young men who died in the A66 crash. Police rushed to the Teesside Crematorium service for 17-year-old Cole Worthy on Wednesday following reports of a disturbance inside. Gye Worthy, 39, has now been charged with common assault, a public order offence and obstructing police. He is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court on October 2, Cleveland Police said. Cole was one of five young men travelling in a VW Passat which was going the wrong way on the A66 and hit a police car in the early hours of August 22. Superintendent John Wrintmore from Cleveland Police previously said: "At around 12.30pm on Wednesday September 9, police swiftly attended to Teesside Crematorium following reports of a disturbance during a service taking place inside.