A man is due to face court today (Tues 31 October 2017) accused of assaulting a paramedic twice while being transported to hospital from Heatherbrae.
Police were called to a shop on the Pacific Highway on Tuesday 17 October 2017 after a man started behaving erratically.
An ambulance was called to take him to hospital but it's alleged he spat in the face of a paramedic in the vehicle and grabbed the officer's leg, squeezing it tightly as he got out of the ambulance.
Yesterday, (Monday 30 October, 2017) the 47-year-old man was released from hospital and arrested by police.
He was taken to Raymond Terrace Police Station where he was charged with common assault (x 2).
The man was refused bail to appear at Raymond
Terrace Local Court today.
