A mum from Ashton has been jailed after hurling homophobic abuse at a 999 operator. Jane Readman, 49, called Zayn Ahmed a "fa***t" and told him to "f*** off" when he was unable to tell her why police were patrolling outside her home.
Readman blamed her outburst on the wrong dosage of medication, mental health issues, heavy drinking and the grief of losing her mother.
When arrested by police, Readman attacked a female custody detention officer who was trying to help her get dressed in her cell.
In what a judge described as a ''telling and pragmatic'' statement, Mr Ahmed, who works for Greater Manchester Police, said he had become immune to the abuse because he thought perpetrators of ''hate'' comments were unlikely to change. READ MORE: Police want to speak to this man after woman hit by her own car during robbery He said: ''I have to say this incident has not had an impact on me as unfortunately I experience this daily and I have somewhat strangely become numb to it.
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