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Cops charge prankster who 'corona-coughed' on aged officer and had it filmed

ibmalone

Re: Idiot

There's precedent in other countries for knowingly transmitting a disease to be a form of bodily harm (prominently HIV cases). I'm not familiar with the law in Australia, but threatening people with bodily harm is likely also a crime, he's guilty of something. This isn't a twisting of any normal principle, does it matter whether I shot you or injected you with a syringe of ebola? What about threw acid at you? What if I threaten to throw acid at you but it turns out to be water?

What I'm a bit surprised at is a 71 year old police officer, in the UK they mostly retire before the national pension age.

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