Pot puffing Covid protester punched cop

A Covid protester punched a police officer in the head during a protest against the virus restrictions, a court heard. Sean Kerr, 27, was caught with a cannabis joint after he assaulted Police Sergeant Alan Cooley in Cockpur Street on September 26. Wearing a navy blue suit, green patterned tie and black face-mask Kerr admitted the attack at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. David Burns, prosecuting, said: ‘During the march at Cockspur Street near Trafalgar Square on 26 September, he came up…