Woman attacked police officers using handcuffs as a weapon | The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
Swindon Magistrates' Court A woman used a handcuff as a makeshift weapon to attack police officers after a car in which she was a passenger was pulled over. Jessica Sheppard, 20, also spat at one of the officers – a female police constable – after attacking her two colleagues, Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard. After hearing she suffered from poor mental health and had no previous convictions, JPs ordered a pre-sentence report and bailed her to appear before the Salisbury justices in March for sentence. Prosecutor Natalie Angel told the court police had been called to reports of ...