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A man has been sentenced for assaulting a police officer.

The officer suffered a broken tooth and injured nose while attending a domestic incident back in August of this year.

Spalding Police tweeted that the offender had now been taken to court and sentenced.

A tweet from the police said: "Offender sentenced to 16 weeks prison suspended for 12 months and £1,000 towards dental repairs."

An image of the officer's blood-soaked jacket has been shared on the Twitter account.

The defendant has not been identified.

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Followers of the account on Twitter said they were disappointed with the sentence.

Gary Taylor said: "Suspended sentence? Ridiculously light punishment in my opinion."

Andy Hammond said: "Disappointing the judge added the word suspended. No one would have dreamed of laying a finger on a police officer or teacher in my youth. Provided the base for respect for life."

And user Jabba Nc999 was also unimpressed, saying: "Suspended. What a joke."

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