Homeless woman punched, stamped on and spat at police officers

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A homeless woman attacked a string of cops - punching one and spitting on others, a court heard.Warda Mohammed, 31, a refugee from Somalia with a history of drug use and violence, has now been made the subject of a hospital order under the Mental Health Act after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.A member of the public alerted police when they noticed someone with a hammer close to where children were playing in Piccadilly Gardens on a warm sunny day in May last year.A police constable was on duty in the Gardens around noon on May 13 and saw Mohammed sitting on the ground with the hammer between her legs and arrested her for possession of an offensive weapon, prosecutor Brendan O'Leary told Manchester Crown Court.Mohammed was.