A mother who lunged twice at police after violent disorder at a far right demonstration near to Downing Street has been spared a jail sentence.
Kelly Wildego, 41, shouted “f***ing take me” as she rushed at lines of officers in Whitehall, before being pinned to the ground and arrested.
Moments before the attack, Wildego was heard shouting: “You should all be f***ing ashamed of yourselves. You’re a bunch of f***ing c***s.”
The incident happened on July 31, when crowds had gathered in Westminster for a demonstration under the banner “Enough is Enough”.
At Inner London crown court on Monday, Judge Freya Newbery handed Wildego a four-month jail term which was suspended for six months.
“It was such a stupid thing to do, wasn’t it?”, she said.
“You are not the kind of person who normally acts like that, I don’t know what got into you, but it is serious.”
The judge said she would take the “extraordinary” step of not sending her straight to prison because she is the primary carer for her disabled son.
“In most of the other cases, unless there is an extraordinary reason those have to be a custodial sentence because of the nationwide impact of this sort of offending”, she said.
“If you went into custody, it would have such a serious effect on (your son) I can’t really countenance that in the very particular circumstances.”
Wildego broke down in tears in the dock as the sentence was passed.
Prosecutor Alexander Agbamu said a demonstration had been organised in Whitehall, and “members of the far-right responded to that call with the seeming intention of replicating scenes seen earlier in the week, precipitated by false information relating to the religion and immigration status of the perpetrator of the Southall murders.”
He said the protest was supposed to be contained to a specific area of Westminster, but some began to break away into other areas.
“One man tried to climb the barrier, another threw a flare towards Downing Street”, said the prosecutor.
“The action stirred the crowd who became noisier and angrier, driving their behaviour towards the police.”
He said missiles including glass bottles and cans were thrown towards officers.
Wildego’s assault on police happened at around 8.45pm, after the violent scenes had died down and police were attempting to disperse the crowd.
Her barrister, Joseph Lord, said Wildego attended the protest with her husband, and she became “panicked” when he was arrested.
“It was unclear what was happening, when he would be released, and she was on her own”, he said.
“At that point, she took the stupid and rash decision of deciding she wanted to be arrested so she could be with him in detention.”
Mr Lord added: “She is totally ashamed of her actions that day.”
The court heard she is the carer for her 13-year-old son, who is disabled and has learning disabilities.
Wildego’s husband was released without charge after the protest.
She pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker.
Wildego will be under a curfew from 8pm to 6am for the next eight weeks, and must pay £200 in costs.
