Man (39) charged after claiming to have Covid-19 and coughing on police in Northern Ireland

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The man is due to appear at Belfast Magistrate’s Court on the charges today.

PSNI officer at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Image: PA PSNI officer at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Image: PA A NORTHERN IRELAND man has been charged with attempting to commit grievous bodily harm after claiming to have coronavirus and deliberately coughing on police officers, the police service said today.

It is alleged he then told two arresting officers he had coronavirus before intentionally coughing over them. On Wednesday, Health Minister Simon Harris said that a man and woman on the street in Dublin coughed at him deliberately and then “ran off laughing”. He added that it would be dealt with using “the full vigours of all of the powers that the state has”.

 

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Dam straight charged n caged scum.....

I cannot get my head around this behavior. Anyone who does this with malice, or for a 'challenge' are clearly marking themselves out as the lowest of the low in society, and should be prosecuted in the heaviest manner.

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