1/1 A MAN has been jailed for 15 months for attacking five emergency workers who tried to help him after he was found drunk in Southampton city centre. Heroin and crack cocaine addict Paul Deacon assaulted police, paramedics and nurses - leaving three of his victims fearing they might have caught Covid-19. The emergency services were called to Above Bar Street on the evening of March 7, Southampton Crown Court was told. Richard Mandel, prosecuting, said Deacon was thought to have suffered a stroke but turned out to be extremely drunk . Mr Mandel added: He was aggressive towards ambulance staff. Police put him on a stretcher and wheeled him into the ambulance. He was being attended to by a paramedic when he raised his left arm and punched him in the face.
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