Two people are due in court today charged with assault after they allegedly spat on workers in separate incidents in Sydney.
A 32-year-old woman has been charged after she allegedly spat on a bus driver after he asked her to stop smoking on his bus.
Officers from the Police Transport Command have been told the woman was on a State Transit bus on Darlinghurst Road at Potts Point about 2.45pm on Sunday (19 April 2020), when she was told she couldn't smoke on the bus. Police will allege the woman abused the driver before spitting in his face. She left the bus and police were alerted.
Following inquiries, the woman was arrested at a home unit in Surry Hills about 1.45pm yesterday (Monday 20 April 2020), and taken to Kings Cross Police Station where she was charged with common assault.
In a separate incident, a 41-year-old man was refused bail overnight after allegedly biting and punching hospital security, then spitting blood on a nurse at an Inner West hospital.
Officers from Inner West Police Area Command had been called to a unit in Missenden Road at Newtown about 11pm Sunday (19 April 2020), investigating a breach of a Personal Violence Order.
The man was found unconscious inside and an ambulance was called to take him to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for treatment.
Police have been told while at the hospital, the man punched one security officer in the face and bit a second on the forearm; he then allegedly spat blood and saliva into the face of a female nurse.
The man was arrested on his release from hospital last night and was taken to Newtown Police Station where he was charged with stalk/intimidate with intent to cause fear (two counts), common assault (three counts), and contravene AVO.
Both are due to appear in Central Local Court today (Tuesday 21 April 2020).
