Thug, 38, spits blood into policeman's MOUTH while shouting about Covid during arrest for stalking woman - as second covidiot is jailed for gobbing on officer after threatening to kill hotel staff

A man has admitted assaulting emergency workers after spitting blood in the faces of police officers while screaming about coronavirus.

Samuel Konneh was arrested just days after the UK went into lockdown, for stalking a woman who rebuffed his attentions.

But the 38-year-old spat blood into the mouth of one of the officers as police went to arrest him at his home in Withington, south Manchester. 

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Samuel Konneh pleaded guilty to four counts of assaulting an emergency worker and a single count of stalking at Manchester Crown Court

As police broke down a door it hit Konneh in the mouth, causing him to bleed. He then popped his head through the gap and spat at the officers.

The spray of blood and spit hit another office in the face, as Konneh screamed about coronavirus, Manchester Crown Court heard. 

Konneh today pleaded guilty at a brief hearing held via Skype, to four counts of assaulting an emergency worker and a single count of stalking on March 26.

Judge Tony Cross QC told the defendant via video link to HMP Forest Bank that he will be sentenced on June 29, following the preparation of a psychiatric and a pre-sentence report.   

In a separate incident, a man has been jailed after he spat in a police officer's face and threatened to kill the staff at a London hotel on the day the lockdown was introduced.

Nicolae-Raul Cozacu smashed a bottle and threatened to kill employees at the hotel near Wembley Stadium in north west London. 

The 43-year-old then spat at one of the workers when they tried to calm him down.

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Nicolae-Raul Cozacu, 43, has been jailed after spitting at hotel staff and police in north-west London

The incident happened on March 23 at around 2.30pm, just hours before Boris Johnson addressed the nation to announce the lockdown.  

Cozacu was caught by a member of staff urinating against the wall of the hotel and was told to leave, which he refused to do, before trying to get into the laundry area.

Cozacu grabbed a bottle of alcohol, smashed it and tried to chase staff members, threatening he would kill them.

A member of staff tried to reason with Cozacu and negotiate with him, but he spat in his face. 

Cozacu was arrested and taken to hospital, where he again became aggressive and abusive and spat in the face of an officer. 

Cozacu, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to common assault and using threatening behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence. He also pleaded guilty to common assault of an emergency worker.

He was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Friday.