Seven thugs have been jailed for coughing in the face of police officers or threatening to do so amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The six men and a woman, who carried out their deplorable acts in separate incidents, left cops fearing they might contract the killer bug which has claimed the lives of 6,236 in the UK.
Deliberately coughing on someone and claiming to have Covid-19 can be interpreted as assault and if you actually have the virus it could be interpreted by prosecutors as GBH.
Ritchie Buckthorpe admitted coughing the faces of three police officers in Plymouth, Devon. The 31-year-old, of no fixed abode, was jailed on Friday for 52 weeks by District Judge Miss Jo Matson who said the case was so serious he should go to prison.