coronavirus pandemic has had his sentence more than doubled after appeal court judges ruled it was "unduly lenient". Iain Lindsay admitted culpably and recklessly coughing in the faces of two police constables "to the danger of their life" at the charge bar at a police station in Inverness in April.
He was not displaying any symptoms of Covid-19 but both officers were left alarmed and distressed. Lindsay was jailed for four months, with the sheriff sentencing him on the basis the offence was not planned, was completed in seconds and was not accompanied by any threats or aggression.It was ruled the objective risk to the officers, given the very low rate of Covid 19 in the Highlands, was very small at that time.But the Crown appealed against.