Exeter woman jailed for spitting blood in police officer's face after ignoring coronavirus social distancing rules

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A woman has been jailed for six months for spitting blood in a police officer’s face.

On Friday [3 April], Judith Christopher from Exeter was found to be in breach of the government’s COVID-19 social distancing rules.

Subsequently, she refused to comply with response officers’ enforcement advice.

Christopher was being booked into custody at Heavitree Road Police Station when she became abusive and spat in a police constable’s face.

She had just has a nosebleed, and so ended up spitting blood at the officer.

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.