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Spit yob who claimed to have Covid-19 is jailed

19.12.2020 - 10:45

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A dad of two has been jailed for a year after spitting inside a police vehicle and telling officers he’d had Covid-19.Darren Smith also threatened to “do in” one of the officers when he was released.Smith, 39, a prisoner, was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.He admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in Morven Street, Blantyre, on August 16 while already on bail for another matter.The court heard window fitter Smith hurled racist and homophobic abuse at officers who had questioned him about his car insurance and MOT.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said: “He became irate and aggressive, and was put in handcuffs and placed in the.