A teenager has been locked up for claiming she had the coronavirus and spitting at a police officer.
Kelsey Gouldie's actions have been described as "filthy" and "despicable" by a police chief.
The 19-year-old, from Holyhead, Wales, was sentenced to six months in prison for the assault.
She pleaded guilty to the crime as well as breaching Covid-19 regulations and assaulting an emergency service worker while in custody, The Daily Post reported.
North Wales Police Federation General Secretary Mark Jones said: "This is yet another example of where our members have had Covid-19 weaponised towards them.
"To deliberately cough at a police officer, or any other emergency worker for that matter, and then claim to have Covid is, quite frankly filthy and despicable.
"I am glad to see that a custodial sentence has been imposed although we are continuing to see a growing trend of these types of incidents so clearly the message isn’t getting through - so we implore the government and judiciary to work on introducing sentences that actually act as a deterrent to would be offenders."
Inspector Neil Jones from North Wales Police condemned those who endanger police officers.
He said: "Far too frequently, officers are the subject of assaults in the custody suite, where those who have been arrested think it is acceptable to behave in a dangerous and violent manner.
"With the added worries surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, this will not be tolerated and we will continue to put such individuals before the court to be dealt with appropriately."
