A man who coughed at a police officer and said 'coronavirus' after he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly has been put behind bars.
Otis Smith, 31, was also convicted of resisting arrest after officers had to deploy CS spray following an incident in the city centre on Wednesday night.
Police had been called to Castlefield Bowl shortly before 10pm on May 20, to reports that around 100 people were gathered there.
Officers asked the crowd to disperse, and while most complied, Smith, who was holding a bottle of rum, told officers to 'f**k off'.
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