A drunk woman spat at a police officer and kicked another, a court heard. 

Alice Stewart, 31, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court where she pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker.

It relate to incidents on June 30, 2024. 

Elizabeth Valera, prosecuting, said police were called at 9pm to the defendant's address in Damers Road, Dorchester relating to an issue Stewart had with neighbours, resulting in a broken window.

Officers arrested Stewart and she was described as acting in an "aggressive" manner.

While being conveyed to custody, she became more aggressive in the police van and kicked her right leg out hitting an officer's leg.

She was then arrested for assaulting an emergency worker. 

When another officer had to get in the back of the van to stop her from hitting her head, Stewart spat in their face. 

Ms Valera told the magistrates: "You know very well the effect of spitting on an officer. It's degrading and the chance of spreading disease is heightened."

Simon Lacey, mitigating, said Stewart has a longstanding issue with alcohol. 

He added: "She has no recollection of what happened with the officers and is regretful for how she behaved.

"She is doing her absolute best to access help on offer. She's not the person she wants to be when she's drunk and other issues relating to past trauma causes her to act out."

Stewart was already under community order following a separate case and has been wearing an alcohol monitoring tag since.

The chairman of the magistrates' bench, Peter Gibson, said: "The other community order won't be revoked but the offence is serious enough we are going to make a new community order.

"We are also making a compensation order for the officer spat at. Spitting at a police officer is a horrible thing to do.

"A police officer is just doing his job trying to maintain peace in society. "

The defendant must pay £150 to the officer she spat at and £75 to the officer she kicked. She was also ordered to stay alcohol-free for 120 days with mandatory monitoring, for which she will continue wearing the alcohol tag.

For the previous case, she has 12 rehabilitation activity requirement days left and has still to complete 47 hours of unpaid work. 

Mr Gibson told the defendant: "It's now down to you to use all the support you have and put all this behind you.

"This is your last chance. If you appear in court again you'll have the weight of the law thrown at you.

"We wish you every luck with this and we don't want to see you back in court."