• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Thug who spat at police claiming he had the Coronavirus is jailed for a year

Callum Heaton, 23, spat at two cops who had arrested him for being drunk and disorderly in the early hours of Saturday morning (28/3)

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-04-02 11:44
in News
Credit;PA

Credit;PA

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

A drunk thug who spat at police officers claiming he had coronavirus has been jailed for a year.

Callum Heaton, 23, spat at two cops who had arrested him for being drunk and disorderly in the early hours of Saturday morning (28/3).

He claimed he had the deadly covid-19 virus which has so far killed more than 2,000 people in the UK.

Heaton was arrested after police were called to a report of a disturbance in Burnley, Lancs.

During the arrest, he spat at two officers claiming he was infected with covid-19 and continued spitting at them while he was taken to custody.

He was hauled before Burnley Magistrates’ Court on Monday (30/3) and pleaded guilty to two counts of assault on an emergency worker and one of criminal damage.

He was jailed for a total of 12 months.

A spokesperson for Lancashire Constabulary said: “This was a particularly offensive and dangerous offence at this particular time spitting at officers.

Unacceptable

“It is totally unacceptable that police and other front line workers who are doing their best to keep our communities safe are treated like this.

RelatedPosts

Euston tunnellers ‘have won the argument’ amid speculation over HS2’s future

Flybe ceases trading with all scheduled flights cancelled

Unite secures 28% pay rise for hundreds of Luton airport workers

Woman dies from hypothermia after telling her doctor she ‘couldn’t afford heating’

“It is good to see that the court are taking these type of incidents seriously.”

The shocking incident comes after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said anyone who ‘coronavirus coughs’ at someone could be sent to prison on assault charges.

Last week, 40-year-old David Mott was jailed for 26 weeks after coughing and spitting towards a police officer after saying he would give her covid-19.

Blackburn magistrates heard the officer, Sgt Linda Haywood, was appalled by the behaviour Mott.

In a victim impact statement, Sgt Haywood said she accepted she put herself at risk in the course of her duty and took all possible precautions.

She told the court: “What I don’t accept is total disregard for my safety by the defendant. The utter contempt he showed towards me both as a police officer and a fellow human being disgusts me.”

Related – Video – Coronavirus hero bursts into tears after vandals wrecked her car

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Boris on charm offensive as he’s spotted glad-handing Tory MPs following PMQs

Small business owners have revealed biggest challenges during first year of trading

UK Weather forecast, Monday 25 October 2021

Rabbi Sacks doesn’t represent me with his Jeremy Corbyn smears

Labour lambasted after confirming it wants to end freedom of movement

More than one in three nurses are thinking of leaving the profession

PM’s claim UK has taken more refugees than any country in Europe debunked in viral vid

Pelosi warns Boris: No US trade deal if Brexit damages peace process

Shocking photographs show damage to Chester Zoo

Daily Express lamenting “astonishing Project Fear leak” is peak Brexit

JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.