A woman allegedly coughed and spat at police officers as they responded to reports of a house party on Saturday. The 26-year-old will appear in court after being arrested and charged with assaulting an emergency worker after the incident.
Officers were called to reports of a gathering in Bridgwater shortly after 7pm on Sunday. It was one of three similar incidents that officers from Avon and Somerset Police officers faced over the weekend.
In Bath, a 42-year-old woman was charged with two counts of assaulting an emergency worker – one relating to an officer being spat at – just after 7.30pm on Saturday.
A 36-year-old woman has also been charged with two counts of assaulting an emergency worker after officers were physically assaulted