Women jailed for attacking cop with toilet roll holder at illegal party

Two UK women have been sentenced to prison for attacking police officers — including with a metal toilet paper holder — and threatening to infect them with the coronavirus when they broke up a lockdown party, according to reports.

“I’ve got corona, watch out!” Millie Rose Robinson, 21, shouted at one of the cops and kicked him in the chest when he tried to arrest her during the party in Eastbourne on April 8, the BBC reported.

Bayleigh Meadows, 21, also claimed to be infected as she threw the toilet roll holder at an officer’s head during the illegal party, where she and Robinson had been boozing it up.

Meadows, who pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, was sentenced to a year behind bars. Robinson received a six-month sentence after pleading guilty to two charges of assaulting an emergency worker.

The Lewes Crown Court heard that a drunken Robinson repeatedly taunted an officer with her threats and then turned violent when a sergeant tried to arrest her.

Robinson’s defense lawyer, Rebecca Upton, said her client had found lockdown “extremely hard” and felt “extremely isolated,” leading to her unhinged behavior.

Meadows caused a cut on the sergeant’s forehead when she flung the heavy toilet roll holder at him.

Her attorney, Adam James, said she had underlying mental health issues and could not recall much of what happened that night.

Prosecutor Carl Smith said: “The verbal and physical abuse our officers were faced with in this situation was absolutely disgraceful.

“This happened during the height of the coronavirus lockdown period, when officers were continuing to do their job in challenging circumstances,” he added.

A third defendant, 20-year-old Nicole Stonestreet, was charged with assaulting an emergency worker and is due to appear in court on June 26.

via: https://nypost.com/2020/06/15/women-jailed-for-attacking-cop-with-toilet-roll-holder/

Photo Credit: Sussex Police