Behaviour of man who accosted England's chief medical officer ‘shocking and disgraceful’

Lewis Hughes was sentenced to eight weeks in prison suspended for two years and ordered to pay £100

Lewis Hughes, 24, has admitted assaulting England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty 

A 24-year-old showed “shocking and disgraceful behaviour” when he assaulted England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty in a central London park, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Prof Whitty was accosted in St James’s Park at around 7.20pm on Sunday June 27.