Man jailed for racially abusing and assaulting emergency workers in Peterborough
He needed medical assistance after falling unconscious in the police van on the way to custody
Last updated 13th Sep 2023
A man who racially abused and assaulted four police officers and a paramedic in Peterborough has been jailed.
On Tuesday last week (5/9), officers from Peterborough’s city centre Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) were on patrol in the Cathedral Square area, when they came across Charlie Spurrier who was causing a nuisance, resulting in his arrest for being drunk and disorderly.
Whilst transporting him to custody, officers had to pull the van over in Bourges Boulevard due to Spurrier falling unconscious and requiring immediate medical assistance.
First aid was promptly administered and he came around, however, while receiving first aid by the officers, Spurrier kicked out at an officer and caught him in the chest, and spat in the face of another.
An ambulance was called, in which Spurrier, 22, continued his abuse of the officers, shouting racial abuse at one before he bit the officer’s hand and later spat at him.
After being transferred to hospital, Spurrier threatened to harm a paramedic who was giving him medical assistance, as well as hurling racial abuse at another police officer.
Spurrier, of no fixed address, appeared at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Friday (8 September) where he pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting an emergency worker, racially aggravated assault, and a racially aggravated section 4 public order offence.
He was sentenced to a total of 33 weeks in prison, including the activation of a previously suspended 12-week sentence for assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH) in June this year.
Sergeant Steve Rose, from the Peterborough City Centre NPT, said: “As police officers we have a duty of care to everyone we encounter, particularly those in our custody.
“The way Spurrier treated our officers and hospital staff who came to his aid when he needed them is absolutely unacceptable and I am glad he is facing the consequences of his actions.”