A MAN has been jailed for 56 days after spitting at a police officer. Stephen Kirkbride, 55, received the sentence on Thursday at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court as he pleaded guilty to assault of an emergency worker. Kirkbride, who is Hepatitis C positive, spat at PC Carrick following an altercation in Barrow on 7 April 2021. PC Carrick was part of a group of officers that attended Barrow Train Station after receiving a call about a man, Kirkbride, who was drunk and acting aggressively. The court heard that the officers decided the best way to defuse the situation was to offer Kirkbride a lift home.