Mo Pleasure: Aberystwyth man charged with racial assault

Image source, Morris Pleasure

Image caption, Mo Pleasure is a composer, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist

A 25-year-old man has been charged with the racially aggravated assault of a leading American musician in a Welsh seaside town.

Hefin Parker from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, has also been charged with a second offence of assaulting Morris Pleasure, known as Mo, a former member of the band Earth, Wind and Fire.

The offences are alleged to have taken place in Aberystwyth on 3 April.

The defendant is due to appear before magistrates in the town on Wednesday.