A drug-fuelled yob spat blood in the face of one officer and kicked another during two separate attacks.
Thomas Goldsborough assaulted the first constable after he was arrested for shop theft and driving while disqualified at a petrol station near Newcastle International Airport. A court heard that the 44-year-old, who was high on cocaine, was taken to hospital after being detained, where he kicked the officer in the leg.
But, rather than learn his lesson, Goldsborough lashed out again while being arrested three months later, this time spitting in the constable's face. Prosecutors said that the spit contained blood.
