A MAN has been charged after a woman was knocked down by a motorcycle in Colchester High Street.

The elderly victim broke her leg in the crash which took place shortly after the controversial High Street car ban had started.

Douglas Rea, 19, of Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, was charged with driving without due care and attention in connection with the collision on March 25.

He will appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on July 31.

A second man has already been released without charge.