A man has admitted assaulting police officers by spitting blood at them while he shouted about coronavirus. Samuel Konneh, 38, pleaded guilty to five offences when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court via video link from Forest Bank prison this morning.
Konneh admitted four offences of assaulting an emergency worker, after police were called to an address on Yew Tree Road in Withington on March 26.
He also admitted one count of stalking. As they were responding to the incident, a spray of blood and spit from Konneh went into the mouth of one policeman.
Another was also hit in the face as four officers went to arrest him. The case was adjourned until June 29, when Konneh will be sentenced.
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