Woman caught urinating knocks cop's teeth out

A young mother who punched a policewoman's teeth in after she was arrested for urinating in the street gloated about it on Facebook and posted pictures of her blood stained dress.

Suzanne Porter, 25, from Clitheroe in Lancashire, had been drinking shots on a night out with nine friends when police were called to move the rowdy group along.

Officers were driving along when Porter, a barmaid, went out in the middle of the road and bent over before lifting up her dress and "exposed her backside".

Burnley Crown Court heard that PC Kirstie Pitcher then pulled the van over and got out but Porter ran off.

The officer was able to catch up on foot and challenged her about urinating in the street, after the group were kept under CCTV observations, and exposing herself to police.

Prosecutor Joseph Allman told the court that when challenged Porter replied "Oh, did I?" before PC Pitcher was joined by colleagues who decided to make an arrest.

PC Pitcher initially attempted to detain Porter before assisting in arresting Porter's brother, Gary Place, 29, who was also drunk and threatening officers with his sister's stiletto shoes.

When the officer went back to arrest Porter she was punched in the face, knocking off her glasses and causing her to stagger and fall over the other detainee.

Allman said: "It was without provocation and knocking her teeth back in her mouth so that she could feel they were dislodged."

She was said to have felt immediate pain to her face and when she realised her teeth were loose in her mouth, she spat one out into her hand and shouted down her radio to her colleagues to arrest Porter. Porter ran off but was arrested and was found to have the victim's blood on her white dress.

When questioned, she said she had been drinking shots after work before the incident in May.

She apologised to police but Allman added: "She was later gloating about the incident. She posted a picture of her blood-stained dress with the comment: ‘Ruined'."

One of her Facebook associates says: "All she will want for Christmas is her two front teeth." The defendant replied: "Ha, ha."

The posting, along with another, a picture of a broken tooth, again accompanied by "ha, ha", added to the victim's distress and disgust over her ordeal.

PC Pitcher had a broken front tooth and three others were loose and also suffered distortion of the cartilage in her nose.

The prosecutor said: "She was off work four weeks and when she did go back, she was accompanied by a colleague because of the impact this has had on her confidence. She had emergency dental treatment costing £1,300 and was on soft food for two weeks. In a number of ways, it has profoundly affected her confidence. Her front teeth are discoloured and that plainly is a matter of great upset to her."

Porter, who had a previous conviction for violence and intimidation, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and was sentenced to ten months in prison.