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May. 12th, 2005 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingA mother of two became so enraged when police stopped her for a traffic offence she kicked an officer in the testicles.
The Ipswich District Court was told Tiffany Elaine Levitt also bit the police sergeant's hand so hard his constable partner had to use a police baton as a lever against her nose to get her mouth open. Levitt, 18, of Ipswich, was yesterday jailed for nine months after she pleaded guilty to two counts of seriously assaulting a police officer at Silkstone, an inner Ipswich suburb, on April 24 last year.
Prosecutor Craig Power said the two Ipswich-based police officers, a sergeant and a constable, were aware Levitt did not hold a driver's licence when they told her to pull over when they saw her driving a car carrying her partner and children. Levitt began swearing at and abusing the officers. Levitt continued to swear she was arrested for being a public nuisance.
Mr Power said as officers tried to handcuff Levitt she lashed out at the senior officer by kicking him in the groin and biting his hand.
Judge Julie Ryrie was told Levitt's de facto husband then tried to intervene by threatening to kill the two officers and used one of the couple's toddlers as a shield to keep them at bay.
The Crown also tendered a victim impact statement from the police sergeant, which revealed he was forced to undergo a year of medical tests and suffered psychological trauma while waiting to find out if he had contracted any diseases from Levitt.
The Ipswich District Court was told Tiffany Elaine Levitt also bit the police sergeant's hand so hard his constable partner had to use a police baton as a lever against her nose to get her mouth open. Levitt, 18, of Ipswich, was yesterday jailed for nine months after she pleaded guilty to two counts of seriously assaulting a police officer at Silkstone, an inner Ipswich suburb, on April 24 last year.
Prosecutor Craig Power said the two Ipswich-based police officers, a sergeant and a constable, were aware Levitt did not hold a driver's licence when they told her to pull over when they saw her driving a car carrying her partner and children. Levitt began swearing at and abusing the officers. Levitt continued to swear she was arrested for being a public nuisance.
Mr Power said as officers tried to handcuff Levitt she lashed out at the senior officer by kicking him in the groin and biting his hand.
Judge Julie Ryrie was told Levitt's de facto husband then tried to intervene by threatening to kill the two officers and used one of the couple's toddlers as a shield to keep them at bay.
The Crown also tendered a victim impact statement from the police sergeant, which revealed he was forced to undergo a year of medical tests and suffered psychological trauma while waiting to find out if he had contracted any diseases from Levitt.