Mother, 26, spat in policeman’s face and shouted racist abuse at him after officers were called to her Middlesbrough home
- Dina Carlsson ‘spat directly’ in an officer’s face at her home in Middlesborough
- The mum, 26, used racist language against PC Shahid Ahmed in April this year
- She admitted to racially aggravated assault, a second charge has been dropped
A 26-year-old mother ‘spat directly’ in an officer’s face before hurling racist abuse at him after police were called to her Middlesborough home.
Officers were met with racial abuse after arriving at Dina Carlsson’s home on April 1 this year.
After admitting to a charge of racially aggravated common assault on Monday, prosecutors dropped a charge of assaulting an emergency worker.
Dina Carlsson, pictured outside Teesside Magistrates Court, admitted to a charge of racially aggravated common assault against PC Shahid Ahmed
John Garside, prosecuting, dropped the charge at a hearing at Teesside Magistrates Court.
Mr Garside explained police were asked to attend Carlsson’s home, on Birkhall Road, Thorntree, Middlesbrough.
Carlsson then ‘spat directly in PC Ahmed’s face’ before branding him racist and disgusting names, the court heard.
John Garside, prosecuting, dropped a charge of assaulting an emergency worker at a hearing at Teesside Magistrates Court
Simon Walker, mitigating, told the magistrates there would be a ‘positive benefit’ from a pre-sentence report being prepared.
Chair of the magistrates’ bench, John Haddrill, said: ‘We are going to ask for a pre-sentence report before considering what to do with this.
‘The report will reflect your circumstances and your thoughts.’
Carlsson will appear for sentencing on August 25.