Naked woman who kicked a policeman in the crotch after he tried to cover her modesty with a hi-vis jacket is handed 12-month community order
- Andrea Wymer, 52, was caught running nude through woodland near Knowsley
- She was having a medical episode when she kicked PC Kieran Moran in the groin
A naked woman caught running through the woods kicked a police officer in the testicles after he tried to cover her with his jacket, a court has heard.
Andrea Wymer, 52, left PC Kieran Moran wincing in agony after she lashed out at him when he and colleagues apprehended her.
During the incident shortly before the afternoon school run, PC Moran who was with a female colleague had offered Wymer their coat in a bid to ‘preserve her dignity.’
But she refused and instead she kicked out and caught the male officer in the groin as they restrained her.
Tests later showed mud from Wymers bare feet still on the crotch of PC Moran’s trousers.
Andrea Wymer lashed out and kicked a police officer in the groin after she was caught running nude through the woods near Merseyside
Wymer, from Huyton, near Liverpool, was said to have been suffering from a ‘medical episode’ at the time of the offence.
At Sefton Magistrates’ Court she was ordered to pay PC Moran £100 compensation after she admitted assaulting an emergency worker.
Michael O’Kane, prosecuting, said officers responded to reports of a nude woman in the Knowsley area of Merseyside at around 2.45pm on June 2 of last year.
Mr O’Kane said the defendant ‘dismissed’ an offer by PC Moran’s female colleague for a jacket to cover her, as the 52-year-old streaker tried to walk past other officers.
‘She was stopped by the officers and advised that she was going to be detained,’ Mr O’Kane told the court. ‘At that point she became irate and was resisting the officers’ attempts to restrain her. The incident was caught on a body-worn camera.
‘As the officers took hold of the defendant she seemed to fall back. At that point she kicked out and made contact with the groin area of the officer.
‘The officer confirms in his statement that being kicked in the groin caused him some pain. The groin area of his trousers was dirty from dirt on the defendant’s foot. She had been walking barefoot in a wooded area.
‘In relation to the guidelines, the defendant used her foot. However, there’s a suggestion that perhaps there is lesser culpability given the the episode the defendant was suffering from at that particular time.’
The 52-year-old, from Huyton near Liverpool, had been suffering from a medical episode when she was found running nude, a court heard. She is pictured outside Sefton Magistrates’ Court
Wymer had no previous convictions. Her lawyer Joseph Bleasedale said a mental health treatment plan would address the ‘underlying issues’ which she had ‘never had assistance with before’.
He added: ‘Since then, she has seen a psychiatrist and is now medicated for that. She came across as knowledgeable and personable today.’
District Judge James Hatton sentenced Wymer to a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation days and a six-month mental health treatment requirement. She was also fined £50 and told to pay a £95 victim surcharge.
‘You pleaded guilty on the first occasion and you have no previous convictions,’ Judge Hatton said. ‘I accept that, obviously, there was something going on that you were struggling with but the officer did not deserve to be assaulted in the way that he was.’
Judge Hatton warned Wymer she could be hauled back into court if the fails to follow the commands of the probation service.
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