A “REVOLTING” woman spat in the face of a police officer and laughed.

Sarah Clarkson-Rose, 42, spat, coughed at, and smeared blood on nurses and police officers and made threats about coronavirus and HIV.

She had been arrested over a domestic incident in Uckfield, and taken to custody by the police who noticed she was very drunk.

In a cell officers tried to put a mask on her but she wriggled out of it and twice spat at a PC.

The former cabin crew worker was later taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital over fears for her safety.

She told medical staff she had a fever and a cough and was taken to the coronavirus “hot” treatment area.

Nursing staff tried to bring her a commode to use for the toilet, and she told nurse Rachel Swift: “I’m not using that, I will p*** on the floor and you can clean it up.”

Clarkson-Rose admits the NHS saved her life when she previously contracted malaria, and said she had once hoped to be a nurse but was rejected on medical grounds.

She deliberately coughed toward Ms Swift and towards another police officer.

“I have definitely got it, I’ve been in contact with someone who has tested positive and died,” she claimed.

Finally, she smeared blood from a cannula drip and told another police officer she was HIV positive, claiming she had “inherited the virus from her uncle”.

At Lewes Crown Court, Judge Janet Waddicor said Clarkson-Rose’s behaviour on May 11 was “aggressive and obnoxious”.

She jailed Clarkson-Rose for a total of six months, saying the defendant had mental health issues and had shown remorse.

Edward Hand, prosecuting, said the incident had happened over several hours after Clarkson-Rose was arrested on May 12.

One officer was spat at in the face and said he found it “revolting and troubling especially in a time of a global pandemic”.

Clarkson-Rose, of New Barn Lane, Ridgewood, near Uckfield, has previous convictions for attacking the police. She admitted three assaults of emergency workers at the hearing at Lewes Crown Court.

Marianna Pasteris, defending, said her client was remorseful but has “no memory” of the incident.

“She is disgusted and ashamed of herself,” Ms Pasteris said.

The court heard that Clarkson-Rose had contracted malaria in 2007 and had to be saved by the NHS.

The judge said: “What a night of it they [the police and nurse] had. All three have to go home to their families fearing they may have contracted coronavirus.”