By By Gemma Fox Aug 25, 2010 in World Blackpool - Wendy Lewis, the woman who urinated on a war memorial and was jeered by veterans last week, has today avoided jail but was given a 15 week sentence suspended for one year. Lewis was convicted of outraging public decency two weeks ago and was due in court last Friday to receive sentencing but fled the court as war veterans, outraged at her act, heckled and jeered at her outside the court. A warrant was then issued for her arrest. Lewis was arrested by Lancashire police on the evening of Tuesday August 24 and appeared in court this morning (August 25). Veterans again attended the court. Before going into the sentencing hearing Lewis also attended court and plead guilty to assaulting PC Emma Halliwell twice by kicking her during her arrest last night. In sentencing Lewis was given 12 weeks for outraging public decency and 3 weeks for assaulting the police officer, the total of 15 weeks was suspended for one year. In addition to the sentence Lewis was ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation programme and was ordered to pay £200 in costs and £50 compensation to be paid to PC Halliwell. At her court Allan Cobain, who represented Wendy Lewis, said of his client that she would always be known as "that woman from the Cenotaph". He went on to say that her actions on this day were the result of a severe drug and drink addiction. Lewis was caught on CCTV around 0500 on the morning of May 7 this year as she wandered onto the War Memorial, pulled her trousers down and urinated. As she left the Memorial she was joined by an unknown man who she then proceeded to perform a sex act on. CCTV operators informed police. The President of the Blackpool Royal British Legion, Ian Coleman, said after the hearing, "If you abuse this memorial you are abusing everyone who has been killed in the service of their country. It seems the perpetrators just get a slap on the wrist and possibly stronger laws have to be implemented to have a deterrent to stop these people defiling this sacred ground." Last week Digital Journal reported that police were hunting for Wendy Lewis, a 32-year old woman who, in May, had been caught on CCTV urinating on a War Memorial in Blackpool, UK. She was also caught on CCTV performing a sex act on a male.Lewis was convicted of outraging public decency two weeks ago and was due in court last Friday to receive sentencing but fled the court as war veterans, outraged at her act, heckled and jeered at her outside the court. A warrant was then issued for her arrest.Lewis was arrested by Lancashire police on the evening of Tuesday August 24 and appeared in court this morning (August 25). Veterans again attended the court.Before going into the sentencing hearing Lewis also attended court and plead guilty to assaulting PC Emma Halliwell twice by kicking her during her arrest last night.In sentencing Lewis was given 12 weeks for outraging public decency and 3 weeks for assaulting the police officer, the total of 15 weeks was suspended for one year.In addition to the sentence Lewis was ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation programme and was ordered to pay £200 in costs and £50 compensation to be paid to PC Halliwell.At her court appearance District Judge Roger Lowe said to Lewis, "You have got the right to do whatever you want, think whatever you want and say whatever you want. Those rights were won by people who fought for us and died for us. The memorial in this town remembers the people who gave their lives for values which we hold so dear. When you urinated on the memorial you desecrated on their memory. You brought shame on yourself and you brought shame on the town."Allan Cobain, who represented Wendy Lewis, said of his client that she would always be known as "that woman from the Cenotaph". He went on to say that her actions on this day were the result of a severe drug and drink addiction.Lewis was caught on CCTV around 0500 on the morning of May 7 this year as she wandered onto the War Memorial, pulled her trousers down and urinated. As she left the Memorial she was joined by an unknown man who she then proceeded to perform a sex act on. CCTV operators informed police.The President of the Blackpool Royal British Legion, Ian Coleman, said after the hearing, "If you abuse this memorial you are abusing everyone who has been killed in the service of their country. It seems the perpetrators just get a slap on the wrist and possibly stronger laws have to be implemented to have a deterrent to stop these people defiling this sacred ground." More about War memorial, Blackpool, Veteran, Sentencing, Wendy lewis More news from war memorial blackpool veteran sentencing wendy lewis