Perth man who spat in face of police officer amid pandemic jailed for 22 months Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Perth man who spat in a female police officer’s face has been jailed for 22 months. Sheriff Alistair Carmichael said Gordon Dewar had seven previous convictions for behaviour against police officers and multiple convictions for violence. He added: “It is a serious matter to spit at anybody and it is made worse by spitting at a police officer in the execution of their duty.