Both are due to appear at Warrington Magistrates Court on May 19.
A 15-year-old who was arrested on Wednesday has been released with no further action for the assault. He is under investigation for the offence of possession with intent to supply cannabis.
An image taken from a video of the incident shows a boy charging into the back of the man as he is fishing, catapulting the pensioner into the river.
As the 74-year-old pensioner floundered in the waters the cowardly trio ran away, laughing at the assault.
Friends Khloe Woods (right) and Ellie Hughes (left), both 14, heard the man s cries for help
Teenage girls rescued elderly man from River Mersey by forming a human chain
An 18-year-old has been charged with assault by beating after the incident on the banks of the River Mersey in Warrington
15:11, 29 APR 2021
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Two teenage girls rescued an elderly man from the River Mersey by forming a human chain .
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A still from a video of the incident, which saw a 74-year-old man kicked into the Mersey near Riverside Retail Park A TEENAGER has been charged with assault after a pensioner was kicked into the Mersey. Benjamin Bridgeman handed himself in at a police station yesterday, Wednesday, in connection with the shocking incident near to Riverside Retail Park on Sunday. And the 18-year-old, of Yardley Avenue in Bewsey, has since been charged with one count of assault. He has been released on bail ahead of an appearance at Warrington Magistrates Court next month. Meanwhile, Cheshire Police have confirmed that no further action will be taken against a 15-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of assault yesterday – although he remains under investigation on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to supply.