A man is to be summonsed to appear before a court over an incident captured by a cyclist's helmet camera in December in which a van driver appeared to assault the cyclist after he was knocked off his bike by the van.

Asked for an update on the case, the Metropolitan police in Havering tweeted: "The suspect in this matter has been charged with a public order offence".

@RantyHighwayman @LambethCycling @veloevol The suspect in this matter has been charged with a public order offence (1/2) — Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) January 19, 2015

@RantyHighwayman @LambethCycling @veloevol (2/2) We are progressing with motoring offences and have asked the Officer dealing for an update — Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) January 19, 2015

After a Metropolitan Police spokesman said there had in fact been no charges, Havering MPS later clarified, telling road.cc: "The matter has been dealt with by summons. Will still be attending court."

A video of the incident went viral on social media last week and has now been viewed almost 350,000 times. If you missed it, here it is again:

According to the date stamp on the video, the incident took place on December 5 last year.

The video was posted to youTube by the cyclist involved, then taken down and reposted by another YouTube user.

A road.cc reader identified the location of the incident as Hornchurch.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said Friday that the force was made aware of the incident on December 8. No allegation of crime was made and no further action was taken.

When police in Havering became aware of the video, Havering CID spoke to the cyclist involved, but he told them he did not want to pursue the case.

After the video went viral and was featured on national newspaper websites and the BBC, a police spokesman said: "Havering CID spoke to the cyclist. He informed police that he did not wish to pursue any further allegations.

On Friday, 16 January a 34-year-old man attended an east London police station and was interviewed under caution."

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