A judge tells Anthony McMullan that spitting on a doctor who was tending to him was a 'disgusting act'.
A Belfast man who spat on a doctor who was treating him in hospital has been handed a six-month prison sentence.McMullan, of University Street in the city, appeared at Belfast Crown Court where he was sentenced for seven offences from 25 to 26 May of this year.
When the woman came back to her flat, there were signs of a disturbance, items of food were missing and a glass had been smashed on her floor. Officers also found pasta, noodles and sauce which McMullan had taken from his female neighbour's flat.Spitting incident McMullan - who has 103 previous convictions - pleaded guilty to assaulting the doctor, assaulting a police officer and to two counts of resisting arrest.His defence barrister said that due to McMullan's intoxication, he has "very little recollection" of what happened in May.
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