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 The incident, which took place when the country was under full
coronavirus lockdown, led to the defendant being arrested on charges
of threatening behaviour, although he later tested negative for
COVID-19.
First acquitted in a local court, he was later convicted at
Denmark's Western High Court. At his Supreme Court appeal against
that conviction, prosecutors sought a jail term of three to five
months.
Other similar incidents were reported in Denmark last year, partly
reflecting declining public trust in the government's handling of
the COVID-19 crisis, while similar cases were reported in the UK,
the United States and Canada.
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 English and Welsh police forces
registered 200 incidents a week of spitting or
coughing at officers - usually preceded by the
offenders saying they were infected, an
investigation last April by British daily The
Telegraph found.
The Danish defendant, a man in his early
twenties, was also convicted of fleeing the
police following his preliminary questioning at
the city court.
(Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard; Editing by
Hugh Lawson)
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