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Woman slashed at paramedic then pulled another's hair out after flagging down ambulance
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A woman flagged down an ambulance then attacked a paramedic with a knife before pulling another's hair out.In the early hours of April 24, Yasmin Punshon, 24, assaulted the two paramedics and two police officers in Middlesbrough.She was sentenced on Tuesday at Teesside Magistrates Court for four charges of assaulting an emergency worker.Joanne Hesse, prosecuting, said the defendant was “distressed and hysterical” when paramedics attempted to help her after she flagged down an ambulance shortly after 1am.Emergency workers tried to help her and sit her down, but she continued to shout at them telling them to "get off her".She then walked into the road and tried to flag down other