Man with hepatitis gets two years for spitting in garda’s mouth

A GEORGIAN man with Hepatitis C who spat blood into the mouth of a garda who came to his aid after he was assaulted was yesterday jailed for two years.

Cork Circuit Criminal Court head that Emzari Shalikashuili, a 34-year-old asylum seeker who lives at St Patrick’s Hill, Cork, had been assaulted and was bleeding from the head and lip. A member of the public had called the ambulance and gardaí.

A the time of the incident, the victim, Garda Leslie Rice, was helping the ambulance crew since Shalikashuili did not want to get into the ambulance.