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.

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

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.

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