Woman who urinated on war memorial avoids jail

A WOMAN branded “Britain’s most disgusting person” by veterans after urinating on a war memorial was given a suspended sentence yesterday.

Wendy Lewis, 32, was caught on CCTV relieving herself on the cenotaph in Blackpool before performing a sex act on a man.

Lewis was sentenced at Blackpool Magistrates’ Court to 15 weeks in prison suspended for a year after fleeing an earlier hearing when she was met by a group of veterans, wearing berets and with campaign medals on their blazers, who lined the court steps to form a “guard of dishonour”.

The veterans attended court again yesterday.

The former heroin addict, of Princess Street, Blackpool, also pleaded guilty to assaulting a female police officer who arrested her.

Lewis hurled abuse at PC Emma Halliwell and kicked her twice.

District Judge Roger Lowe told her: “You are a young woman. You don’t remember the First World War and the Second World War. There are people in this room who do.

“When you urinated on the memorial you desecrated on their memory. You brought shame on yourself and you brought shame on the town.”

Lewis was also ordered to complete a drug rehabilitation programme and pay £200 (€244) costs.