Yob jailed for cough at PC

A DRUNKEN thug who claimed he had coronavirus and coughed in a police officer’s face has been jailed.

Mark Wright, 23, was spotted being abusive to a woman in Newcastle on Tuesday. Bodycamera footage showed Wright then being arrested by two officers. When one of the PCs asked him if he had coronavirus, Wright replied ‘yes’ and coughed in his face. He later said he had been lying.

He appeared before North Tyneside magistrates on Wednesday. He admitted being drunk and disorderly and assault of an emergency worker and was jailed for 26 weeks.