Trial for coughing on a cop

A man is facing jury trial for deliberately coughing at a police officer when he was among a group of people stopped in the street for breaking the Coronavirus Act. Hassan Adnan, 33, was questioned in Westminster, central London, but insisted he had not understood police directions ‘didn’t mean to cough’ at PC Harjot Premi. Fadi Daoud, defending, told Westminster Magistrates: ‘He said he did cough but he didn’t mean to cough at the police officer. He also said he…