Kayleigh Le Poidevin, 29, of Rue de la Perruque, Castel, admitted assaulting three people – two of them police officers – resisting officers in the due execution of their duties, and causing criminal damage to a computer screen at a food takeway.
Zak Alexander Gill, 37, whose address was not put to him, admitted using threatening behaviour towards police officers and obstructing them in the due execution of their duties.
The court was told how the pair had been in a food takeaway at the North Plantation at about 2am.
When an argument arose and Gill dropped a bottle of drink on the floor, he was asked to leave by the owner.
Le Poidevin picked up the bottle and poured its contents over the man, before smashing it and throwing the broken glass at him.
Gill at this stage was acting as a peacemaker and tried to take the woman outside. Realising she had left her ID on the counter, Le Poidevin went back into the premises. When the owner declined to return her ID card, Le Poidevin pushed a computer screen off the counter with both hands.
When the takeaway owner went outside to call for help she punched him on the arm.
Police were soon on the scene and when Le Poidevin was told she was being arrested, Gill became agitated.
He held a police officer back from carrying out the arrest and said his girlfriend had only been trying to defend herself.
Le Poidevin had to be taken to the ground during which, she banged her head, though the court was told that this was no fault of the police.
During the scuffle, Le Poidevin kicked one officer twice in the chest and then, after pulling her head back, spat in the face of another.
Gill was animated and continued to swear.
Told by officers to move away, he was pushed back multiple times before he pushed one officer in the chest. He was verbally abusive and threatened to bite the next police officer’s nose off ‘like an apple’.
Le Poidevin was currently subject to a community service order of 100 hours as a direct alternative to three months in prison.
She had been found guilty of assaulting another woman outside a school at pick-up time at a trial in the Magistrate’s Court last year. Gill had previous matters on his record but nothing recent.
For Le Poidevin, Advocate Paul Lockwood said his client was ashamed at what she had done.
For Gill, Advocate Samuel Steel said his client had had a genuine belief at the time that his girlfriend had been sexually assaulted.
Judge Marc Davies said Le Poidevin’s violent behaviour had been a significant and substantial breach of the community service order.
The takeaway owner had been forced to run outside and it was no surprise that witnesses had said he was shaking.
This was an innocent hard-working man who had only been doing his job that night, he said.
Le Poidevin was jailed for two months for assaulting the takeaway owner and a further two months for kicking the police officer in the chest.
Three months concurrent was meted for spitting in the officer’s face, with one month, concurrent, for both the criminal damage and resisting police officer.
The CSO was revoked and replaced with a sentence of one month, consecutive, which took the total prison term to five months.
She must also pay £950.50 compensation to the takeaway owner for the replacement of the computer screen plus £300 for loss of earnings.
Judge Davies said the racist language that Gill had used towards the man in the takeaway had been utterly shameful and embarrassing and was an aggravating factor.
A prison sentence of three months was imposed on Gill for using threatening behaviour with one month, consecutive, for obstructing police.
Both were suspended for 12 months.