HIV+ asylum seeker jailed for biting cop

HIV+ asylum seeker jailed for biting cop

JAILED: Mlungisi Moyo

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A ZIMBABWEAN asylum seeker believed to have HIV has been jailed for an effective two months for biting a police officer in Gateshead, England.

Mlungisi Moyo, 31, assaulted the officer in a patrol car after he had been arrested in Gateshead on suspicion of driving whilst unfit.

PC John Dougal of Northumbria Police suffered a puncture to the side of his head, a cut to his thumb and grazing to his left shin during the incident in the early hours of April 1. PC Derek Kendal, who was called to assist at the scene, was also cut on the hand.

Prosecuting, David Mayhew said Moyo was understood to have both hepatitis B and HIV, so the officers had to undergo tests and injections for the viruses. They must wait until three months after the incident to know if they have been infected.

Mayhew told Gateshead Magistrates' Court that the assault led to a "short wrestle" in the police car.

"The defendant is said to have lunged forward between the two front seats. The officer felt grabbing and pushing at the side of his neck."

He said the officer braked hard as the defendant tried to grab the steering wheel and pull the handbrake.

"He felt Moyo's head against his and thought he was trying to bite him at that point."

The 31-year-old defendant, who in 2007 was disqualified from driving for three years, admitted assaulting a police officer, drink-driving and driving with no licence or insurance at a previous hearing.

He was handed three concurrent sentences of two months' imprisonment and a further three-year driving disqualification. - AP
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