Woman jailed for spitting at council worker in abusive tirade and stealing trainers from Gosport porch

By Freddie Webb
Published 13th Mar 2023, 09:59 BST
Updated 13th Mar 2023, 11:45 BST
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A woman has been jailed following an abusive tirade against a council worker and a burglary.

Emily O’Brien, 29, was found to have spat at a male victim amid a torrent of verbal abuse in West Street, Fareham. She was also punished for stealing a pair of trainers from a porch Carisbrooke Road, Gosport.

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Gosport Police reported on Facebook: ‘Emily O’ Brien, aged 29 and of no fixed abode, was jailed for burglary, common assault and using threatening/abusive words or behaviour likely to cause a person harassment, alarm or distress. The burglary occurred on November 16, 2022, when O’Brien was witnessed by police to steal some trainers from a porch in Carisbrooke Road, Gosport.

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Emily O’Brien, 29, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Portsmouth Magistrates Court. Picture: IAN HARGREAVESEmily O’Brien, 29, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Portsmouth Magistrates Court. Picture: IAN HARGREAVES
Emily O’Brien, 29, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Portsmouth Magistrates Court. Picture: IAN HARGREAVES

‘The assault and public order offence took place two days later in West Street, Fareham, when O’Brien spat at a council worker and hurled abuse at him.’

The force added that O’Brien has been sentenced to 12 weeks in prison.