It’s a fair cough! Crisp eater is cleared

An-anti lockdown protestor accused of deliberately coughing cheese and onion crisps into a police officer’s face has been cleared of assault. Jonathan Savill, 35, was asked by officers to leave St James’s Park, Westminster, during a small gathering of anti-lockdown activists on 9 May. But after briefly leaving he returned to the scene and coughed in PC Liam Hughes’ face, spraying him with crisp fragments, it was said. PC Hughes had tried to lead Savill out of the park as…

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