Hair stylist, 49, who went on drunken rampage at an A&E unit is spared jail trends now
A party-loving hair stylist has avoided jail following a drunken rampage at a hospital A&E unit.
Lindsey Saville, 49, had to be restrained on a bed after she kicked a security guard in the head and spat in a nurse's face when she was admitted following a medical episode.
Saville, who called her hair salon in Stretford, Greater Manchester 'Off Your Head' as a tribute to her 'partying years' at the iconic Hacienda nightclub, began screaming and shouting at other patients in the waiting area.
She then kicked off her shoes and threw them at staff as they tried to calm her down.
Two staff at Wythenshawe Hospital had to take hepatitis C tests for a year as a result of the incident during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lindsey Saville, 49, has avoided jail for kicking and spitting at hospital staff in an A&E outburst
The hair stylist had to be restrained after she kicked a security guard in the head and spat in a nurse's face
In a statement, nurse Reigan Adams said: 'I have been a nurse for just under two years and have never experienced something like this. I was very angry and upset because I am here to help people, I could have got a serious infection.
'I am now very cautious and have become scared when I see a patient come into A&E accompanied by the police. My concentration has deteriorated since this incident. My only hope is to not have to go through it again.'
At Manchester Crown Court, Saville admitted two charges of assault by beating and one of an assault of an emergency worker on July 24, 2021, and was sentenced to a 12-month community order in place of immediate imprisonment due to her engagement with probation and efforts to stop drinking.
She will have to complete ten rehabilitation activity days and a 12-month alcohol treatment requirement.
An assault by beating charge can carry up to 26 weeks in custody while assaulting an emergency worker carries a maximum 12-month sentence.
Katy Laverty, prosecuting, said: 'Greater Manchester Police received a call from Wythenshawe Hospital that there was a disturbance in their accident and emergency department.
'The defendant had been taken to A&E by ambulance and was extremely intoxicated and volatile on the
