They were initially cautioning him for failing to comply with lockdown rules and being drunk and disorderly, but took him to the station to be charged after he launched the assault.
They then arrested him on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place and failing to comply with a direction under coronavirus legislation.Turner was jailed for 24 weeks for being drunk and disorderly, flouting lockdown rules and assaulting an officer
Chief Constable James Vaughan, of Dorset Police, said: ‘Coughing and sneezing at officers is particularly abhorrent during the public health emergency we are all facing.‘Offenders will be dealt with robustly and this case demonstrates that we will bring criminal proceedings against those responsible.’
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