'I've got COVID': Hospital staff coughed on by patient

Crime
by Erin Smith
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A 41-year-old man has been sentenced after deliberately coughing on three hospital security guards while screaming he had COVID-19.
Graeme David Smith appeared in Redcliffe Magistrates Court on Thursday, January 14, and pleaded guilty to three charges of common assault.
The victims were three Redcliffe Hospital security guards.
Graeme David Smith outside Redcliffe Magistrates Court. Photo: Erin Smith
 
 
Smith had been taken to the hospital by police for a mental health assessment on April 15, 2020.
He attempted to leave before the assessment and the guards informed him he was not permitted to leave.
The court heard Smith attempted to headbutt one of the security officers.

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