A man is due to face court today, charged with 10 offences after allegedly spitting and coughing on police who stopped him for not complying with COVID-19 directions.
NSW Assistant Police Commissioner Karen Webb addressed the “very disappointing” incident during a press conference on Saturday.
“To have someone spit or cough at them puts them in no doubt a lot of stress while they wait to see what the results are of the person that coughed or spat – whether they are positive – and what that means for them if they are. But just the theatre that creates … and it is abhorrent to think that someone would spit at another person.”
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