A COURT case was delayed yesterday...after the defendant sprained an ankle.

Vikki Cherry, 29, was due at Southend Magistrates’ Court yesterday accused of assaulting a policeman, in Leigh, on September 1.

Cherry, of Valkyrie Road, Westcliff, contacted the court to say she had hurt her leg and was unable to get to her hearing.

The case was put off for seven days.