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Woman jailed after spitting in police officers face

We Are South Devon by We Are South Devon
April 7, 2020
in Community News

A woman has been jailed for six months after she spat in a police officer’s face last week.

Judith Christopher, 42 from Exeter
was found to be in breach of the government’s Covid-19 social distancing rules and subsequently refused to comply with response officers’ enforcement advice on Friday 3rd April. She became abusive and spat in the police officer’s face whilst being booked into custody at Heavitree Road Police Station.

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She was remanded in custody and appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court the following morning, Saturday 4 April, where she was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison for assaulting an emergency worker.

Sergeant Dan Brenchley, a response officer at Heavitree Road Police Station, said: “This incident highlights the risk frontline police officers face on a daily basis, which has become greater with the spread of Covid-19.

“This incident was particularly unpleasant and hazardous because the offender had suffered a nosebleed so spat blood as well as mucus on the officer’s face.

“There is a zero tolerance approach towards the perpetrators of assaults on emergency workers and people should be in no doubt that incidents will be taken seriously.

“We’re seeing magistrates around the country taking strong action, with swift court appearances and custodial sentences administered when appropriate.”

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