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Handcuffed Blackburn woman fought police
6:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
A 47-year-old woman assaulted three police officers and a civilian custody officer after being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
It took three police officers to get Sharon Kay Sharp into the back of a van even after handcuffs and leg restraints had been applied, Blackburn magistrates were told.
Throughout the incident she was shouting racist abuse, claiming nothing would be happening to her if she was Asian, the court was told.
Sharp, of St Marys Wharf, Blackburn, was convicted after a trial of five charges of assault, racially-aggravated threatening behaviour, failing to stop when required by an officer and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
She was ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work and made subject to supervision for 12 months.
Roger Pickles, defending, said it had been a frightening experience for his client who was normally law abiding.
He said she was deeply concerned about the decline in the area where she lived, which she believed had been taken over by drug dealers and users.
“While walking her dog she stepped on hypodermic needles and on one occasion her dog ate something she believed was drugs,” said Mr Pickles.
“At one stage she handed the police a memory stick containing over 700 photographs which she says showed criminal activity.
“She had been trying to get police involved but felt they perceived her as a nuisance.”
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