A 29-year-old Cowra woman who swore and spat at a police officer during a random breath test has been fined $200 and given a 12 month good behavior bond at Cowra Local Court.
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Kirby Ann Reid of Darling Avenue faced the court on charges of assaulting a police officer in the execution of duty, using offensive language in a public place and failing to appear in accordance with bail acknowledgment.
According to police facts, around 2.15pm on March 5, 2017 police were patrolling the low level bridge when they stopped a vehicle that Reid was a passenger of for a random breath test.
During the course of the breath test Reid started to yell abuse to one of the officers saying, “you fat s*** get away from the car.”
Reid also told the officer “you fat c***, f*** off,” the officer noting a family nearby within earshot, told Reid to stop her language or she would receive an offensive language charge.
Reid continued to yell similar offensive language at the officer until police indicated the vehicle could leave. Reid then opened the passenger door of the vehicle and spat at one of the officers, who had to move to avoid the spittle.
Reid’s solicitor Nidal Abdi, told the court Reid said she was, “having a bad day and took it out on the officer.”
Mr Abdi also told the court that Reid realised the seriousness of any offence that involved spitting and that Reid had gone to the police station the day following the incident to apologise to the officer saying it was, “quite rare that a defendant goes to the officer and apologises directly.”
During sentencing, Magistrate Michael O’Brien, said Reid's behaviour was, “disgusting, unacceptable and unwarranted” saying he, “could accept behaviour like this from a child who doesn’t know better, but not from an adult.”
“It is appalling language by anyone's imagination.
“The police are there to assist everyone when they are in a crisis, they have families to go home to without the trauma of putting themselves in harm’s way on a daily basis for us to have an orderly society.
“To your credit you have done something very hard, you have apologised it is a credit to you,” he said.