A carpenter whose leg struck a police officer as he kicked out while on the ground during a migrant hotel protest in Epping has been spared jailed.
Jimmy Hillard, of Loughton, Essex, went to the demonstration at the Bell Hotel on Friday, a hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court was told today.
The 52-year-old, who wore a grey tracksuit in the secure dock of the court, pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker.
He was sentenced to eight weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.
Serena Berry, prosecuting, said that Hillard was outside the Bell Hotel at 9.20pm while a police cordon was in place, and an officer asked him to move.
