Coronavirus threats are crimes, says CPS after spate of cough attacks
by Ben Quinn from on (#5199X)
Prosecutors issue warning after reports of emergency workers being coughed and spat at
Anyone using coronavirus to threaten people will face serious criminal charges, prosecutors have warned, following reports of police officers, shop workers and vulnerable groups being deliberately coughed at by some claiming to have the disease.
The Crown Prosecution Service said such behaviour could constitute common assault and that attacks on emergency workers specifically were punishable by up to two years in prison.
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