A drunk Somali asylum seeker who spat at a police officer while staying in a migrant hotel has avoided punishment.
Shafi Momad, 30, was living at the Roundhouse hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset when police were called to a disturbance which had seen the migrant in a 'very angry' state.
The asylum seeker was said to have been inebriated, having downed half a bottle of vodka and beers and officers called in backup to restrain him.
As PC Browning took hold of Momad, the defendant launched a volley of spit which landed on his hand, Poole Magistrates' Court heard.
The migrant, who continues to stay at the historic hotel depite being in the country for five years, was then arrested for assault on an emergency worker.
