Woman sentenced for assaulting Leeds paramedics and spitting at officer

A 19-year-old woman, Cleopatra Fowler, has been given a community sentence after assaulting three paramedics and spitting at a police officer during a night out on Leeds’s Otley Run pub crawl. The incident began when ambulance staff tried to help a friend who had collapsed; the case highlights the impact assaults can have on emergency workers.

Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard Fowler pushed the paramedics on 2 July and spat at an officer after being taken to hospital. She pleaded guilty to four offences and said she had never been as drunk as she was that day and regretted her actions. Her 12-month community order includes probation requirements and a 90-day alcohol abstinence programme; she must also pay £599 in compensation, surcharge and costs.