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Bernard Slota entered a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster on March 24. The court heard the 24-year-old had assaulted a police officer acting in the course of their duties by beating in Hereford on March 22. Magistrates said the offence was serious as it was a nasty assault on a police officer which involved a risk of infection during the Covid-19 pandemic due to Slota spitting. Slota, of Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland, was jailed for six weeks. He must also pay a £122 victim surcharge.