Drug addict gets suspended sentence for spitting blood and saliva at gardaí and paramedic
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A recovering drug addict who spat blood and saliva into the faces of gardaí and a paramedic three years ago has received a fully suspended prison sentence.
Dillon Harris (24) had crashed a stolen car into a wall after encountering gardaí. He recovered from being dazed, then became aggressive and had to be restrained in handcuffs.
Garda Gerard Whelan and Dublin Fire Brigade Sub Officer Peter Fitzgerald approached Harris after he had already spat at two other gardaí in a patrol van.
Sergeant Kirsten Summers said that when Gda Whelan opened the van, Harris lunged forward and spat “blood, phlegm and saliva” into the two men s faces. He then said he had AIDS.