A MAN who sexually assaulted a police officer and spat at two others has been ordered to pay £2,300 in compensation.
Thomas Weaver had been drinking when he was involved in a disturbance at The Chequers pub in Market Street, Harlow, on Sunday 19 August last year.
As he was being driven home, he sexually assaulted one of the officers over her clothes.
He was arrested and taken to Harlow Police Station. While waiting in the police car at the station, he became agitated and started hitting the car window with his head.
Two other officers tried to stop him and he spat at them.
Weaver, 25, stood trial at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 26 June and was convicted by a jury of sexual assault and two counts of assaulting a constable in the execution of their duty.
He was sentenced on Wednesday 24 July to a total of five months imprisonment, suspended for two years.
Weaver of Rayners Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and 40 days of rehabilitation activity.
He must also pay £1,250 compensation to the officer he sexually assaulted and £525 to each of the officers he spat at.
Harlow district commander Chief Inspector Natalia Ross said: “Assaulting an officer is completely unacceptable and to sexually assault anyone is sickening.
“My officers work hard every day to help people and keep them safe, and to be treated in this way is abhorrent.”
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