A solicitor who drunkenly kicked and spat at police after a wine and vodka binge has been let off with a slap on the wrist when officers said they “feel sorry” for her.

Ofra Azar-Freedman, 51, lashed out when officers came to her home to investigate claims she had threatened to kill her partner.

The mother-of-two’s niece claimed Azar-Freedman had drunk four bottles of wine and a bottle-and-a-half of vodka prior to the incident, on August 1 last year.

Azar-Freedman, a family law specialist who ran her own practice in Islington, then spat at a female police officer but missed the target when she was taken to Colindale Police Station.

Hauled before Hendon magistrates, she pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and was let off with a 12-month conditional discharge.

Prosecutor Peter Lock said the two police officers involved believe Azar-Freedman did not need to be punished at all and could be let off with warning to behave in the future.

“Neither officer was injured and all of the police officers involved say they feel sorry for the defendant”, he said.

He said the incident started when Azar-Freedman’s partner reported her for making threats to kill but then withdrew the complaint later the same day.

“Police officers still wanted to speak to Mrs Azar-Freedman about it and attended her home at 8pm”, said the prosecutor.

“She was incredibly drunk and her niece told the officers she had drunk four bottles of wine and one-and-a-half bottles of vodka.

“The police officers had to arrest her and during that arrest she has kicked out at one of them, contacting his knee, but he suffered no injury.

“At the police station she spat at another officer, but it did not make contact.”

Pamela Sergeant, defending, said Azar-Freedman disputes her niece’s claims about her drinking, saying it “more like three glasses, not four bottles”.

She said the solicitor admits being “reckless” when she kicked the officer rather than intending to assault him, but insisted she “has not tried to minimise” her actions.

The court heard Azar-Freedman lost her last job in March last year, was put on gardening leave until June and is now relying on benefits.

Ofra Azar-Freedman, of Tenterden Drive, Hendon, was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge.