Man who ‘flicked skin’ and spat at emergency workers to ‘infect’ them is jailed

By Ginny Sanderson

Published 1st May 2020, 15:29 BST

Updated 1st May 2020, 15:33 BST

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A man who assaulted emergency workers as they were trying to help him has been sent to prison.

Carl Nicholson, of no fixed address, appeared before Brighton Magistrate’s Court on Monday (April 27).

Sussex Police say he was jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to:

- three counts of assaulting emergency workers