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Hull man sentenced to six months for assaults on emergency workers

Jason Clark, who deliberately coughed in the face of a PCSO and assaulted another, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at Hull Magistrates’ Court yesterday (15 April).

Huddersfield woman sentenced to eight months for COVID-related offence

Lianne Mottershead, from Huddersfield, was sentenced to a total of eight months’ imprisonment at a hearing at Leeds Magistrates’ Court today (7 April).

Mottershead assaulted a police officer by kicking him in the groin in the early hours of 6 April whilst heavily intoxicated. She was taken to Trafalgar House Police Station, Bradford. Whilst in custody, she spat at another police officer. The spittle landed in his mouth and on his cheek.

Man jailed for spitting at nurse

A man has been jailed for six months for spitting at a nurse at a hospital on Merseyside.

CPS statement following the death of Victoria Woodhall

Gerry Wareham, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Yorkshire and Humberside said: “Following the death of Victoria Woodhall in Middlecliffe, Barnsley on 29 March, the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised South Yorkshire Police to charge Craig Woodhall, 40, with murder. Victoria’s family have been informed.

Man jailed for assault of emergency worker after using threat of coronavirus to avoid being arrested

A dangerous man who assaulted an emergency worker and told police he had coronavirus to try to avoid being arrested has been jailed for 31 weeks.

‘Coronavirus coughs’ at key workers will be charged as assault, CPS warns

Anyone using coronavirus to threaten emergency and essential workers faces serious criminal charges, the Director of Public Prosecutions warns today.

Man jailed for coronavirus-related hate crime

A 27-year-old man has been jailed for 16 weeks for a coronavirus-related hate crime.

Four convicted of shooting innocent Sainsbury's worker in mistaken identity park killing

Rene Montaque, Karlos Gracia, Alhassan Jalloh and Taalib Rowe shot Kwasi Mensah-Ababio in the head in Monks Park in Wembley. They did so falsely believing he was a rival gang member.

Brother of Manchester Arena bomber guilty of murder

Hashem Abedi, the younger brother of suicide bomber Salman Abedi, has been found guilty of murdering 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in 2017.

Teenager guilty of nightclub stabbing spree

A teenager who stabbed four people in a fight outside a nightclub has today been convicted of murder.

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