Second woman arrested following incident at Royal Hospital

Detectives investigating a public order incident at Royal Liverpool University Hospital last week have arrested a second woman.

At around 9.25pm on Tuesday 12 January, officers were called to reports of three women being removed from the hospital after reportedly causing distress to patients, staff and visitors. One of the women also reportedly directed homophobic abuse towards a male nurse.

Security at the hospital removed the women. 

A 43 year-old woman from Toxteth was arrested yesterday afternoon on suspicion of using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour to cause harassment/alarm/distress and was taken to a police station for questioning.

She has been released on conditional bail pending further enquiries.

A 33-year-old woman from Kensington has also previously been arrested on suspicion of using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour to cause harassment/alarm/distress and was taken to a police station for questioning.

She has also been released on conditional bail pending further enquiries.

The investigation is ongoing and we are continuing to appeal for anyone who was in the Royal Hospital on the evening of the 12th January who witnessed the incident or has information to contact us via our social media desk on Twitter @MerPolCC or Facebook ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’ or by calling 101 with reference 21000024838.

You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or via their online form at: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/give-information.