A ROSYTH man threatened to spit in the face of a female police officer after claiming he had coronavirus.

David King, 30, of Sherbrooke Road, appeared from custody at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He had admitted that on July 30, he breached bail conditions not to contact his former partner.

He also admitted that on August 14, at Dunfermline police station, he acted aggressively, challenged officers to fight and made threats of violence repeatedly towards police officers.

King further admitted that on a journey from Dunfermline to Falkirk police station, he threatened to spit in the face of a female police officer and said that he had coronavirus.

Depute fiscal Alastair McDermid said that, at Dunfermline police station, King had shouted to officers: “Bring it on then. Get her out my cell. I’ve remembered your face and I’ll get you out on the street.”

Then, after he claimed he had the symptoms of coronavirus, King was transferred for tests at Falkirk. On the way there, he threatened to spit on one of the officers.

Defence solicitor Alexander Flett said it had been a chance encounter with his ex-partner outside a shop in the first incident.

Later, on being arrested, he was “extremely frustrated and upset” at the prospect of spending a weekend in custody, the court was told.

Sheriff Alastair Brown jailed King for eight months, backdated to August 17.