A man has been charged with causing a public nuisance following a 28-hour closure of the M1 at the weekend.
Nicholas Muton, 45, of no fixed address was charged this afternoon with the offence this afternoon and is scheduled to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
Leicestershire Police decided to close the southbound carriageway of the motorway, near Markfield, at midday on Sunday on safety grounds after a man climbed onto an roadside stanchion. The road was re-opened at 4pm yesterday.
