File image of a police officer A WOMAN who spat at a police officer called to help paramedics after she overdosed on drugs walked free from court. District Judge Joanna Dickens told Tiegan Lloyd in normal circumstances she would send the 20-year-old to prison for assaulting the female police officer in Swindon last August. But noting the young woman had attacked the officer after taking an overdose, was remorseful and a low risk of reoffending, the judge imposed a 12 month community order. Lloyd must pay £100 compensation and complete 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 27 hours at the attendance centre. The judge said: “This is a horrendous situation for police officers. If you imagine the situation where you go to work everyday and everyday you are exposed to the possibility you could get a serious illness from somebody spitting at you or you could get seriously injured, you have to seriously ask why you want to do it.”