A WOMAN has been fined after assaulting an emergency worker.

Kerry Vernon, of Reparrin Square, Colchester, assaulted a police officer in the town last September.

She admitted the charge of assault by beating and was fined £120 when she appeared in Colchester Magistrates’ Court earlier this month.

The 46-year-old was also ordered to pay £34 in victim surcharge costs and £105 in prosecution costs.

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