The man was described as 'despicable and disgraceful'.
Paul Leivers was jailed for a year after admitting two counts of assault on an emergency worker coronavirusPaul Leivers, 48, admitted two counts of assault on an emergency worker after being arrested in Mansfield on Thursday. Nottinghamshire Police said Leivers gobbed at custody officers.
Sentencing him at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, District Judge Leo Pyle said: ‘These are two distinct acts and it was appalling behaviour, these offences were deliberate and pre-mediated. ‘Emergency workers have a difficult job at the best of time, even more so at the minute and the court will not flinch to protect officers.’The court heard Leivers, from Mansfield, did not have coronavirus or any symptoms of the disease.Assistant Chief Constable Steve Cooper said: ‘This sentence sends out a very powerful and clear message that this behaviour will not be tolerated in any shape or form and especially not now in the current climate.
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