Coventry Telegraph

Thug jailed for punching police officer and spitting at another

ROUND-UP OF CASES AT COVENTRY MAGISTRATE­S COURT

- By BEN ECCLESTON

A THUG who launched a “deliberate attack” on two police officers has been jailed for 10 months.

Robbie Carroll punched one officer in the chin and spat at another during an incident in Coventry on June 24.

Coventry Magistrate­s’ Court described the violence as a “deliberate attack on a public servant carrying out public duties”.

The 22-year-old, of Queen Victoria Road, in the city centre, was handed a 10-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of assaulting an emergency worker.

He was told to pay £200 compensati­on to the officer he punched and £300 compensati­on to his spitting victim.

Carroll also admitted causing criminal damage to a communal area at a property in the city two days before the attack. He was ordered to pay £1,000 compensati­on for the damage.

Other cases heard at Coventry Magistrate­s’ Court on August 6 and 7 included: Mark Coles, 36, of no fixed address, Leamington, admitted stealing Coke, Jack Daniel’s whiskey and cigarettes worth £34 from Mccolls, stealing cheese, laundry products and coffee worth £90 from One Stop, stealing perfume worth £511 from Boots, damaging a display cabinet lock at Boots, failing to answer bail and possession of crack cocaine.

He was sent to prison for eight weeks due to “willingnes­s to comply with a proposed requiremen­t for a community order” and ordered to pay £345 compensati­on.

Beau Gallagher, 33, of Sam Gault Close, Ernesford Grange, admitted fraud by false representa­tion (using stolen bank card to buy goods) and taking a vehicle without consent.

She was sent to prison for 17 weeks due to “flagrant disregard for court orders” and ordered to pay £28 compensati­on.

Jawhir Kasir, 41, of Middlemarc­h

Road, Radford, admitted possession of a weapon designed or adapted for the discharge of a noxious liquid.

He was given 60 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay £185 court costs and a £90 victim surcharge.

Saskia Naylor, 23, of Oldham Avenue, Wyken, admitted assault by beating against a police officer.

She was given a community order including a rehabilita­tion activity requiremen­t and 100 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay £200 compensati­on, £105 court costs and a £95 victim surcharge.

Kieran Chamberlai­n, 32, of Windsor Road, Polesworth, admitted harassment by sending numerous messages and sitting outside victim’s home.

He was handed a 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 weeks, given 100 hours unpaid work, made subject to a restrainin­g order and ordered to pay £135 court costs and a £128 victim surcharge.

Liam Cooley, 19, of Freesland Rise, Nuneaton, admitted two counts of assault by beating against a police officer and assault by beating against a doorman.

He was handed a six-month prison sentence suspended for six months, given a 10-week curfew with an electronic tag from 9pm-5am and ordered to pay £2,000 compensati­on to one of the police officers.

Pinley Fields in Stoke Aldermoor where the teenager was shot on Wednesday night

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Robbie Carroll was jailed for a “deliberate attack” on two police officers

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