A Narromine woman has avoided time behind bars despite committing what a magistrate has considered "one of the lowest acts you could do".
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Supported by her mother, Candice Hazell, 33, faced Dubbo Local Court where she was sentenced for a string of 10 charges including two counts of assaulting an officer in the execution of duty, by spitting in the face.
Hazell was spotted speeding in a red Ford focus toward the Narromine Turf Club about 5.10pm on April 20 this year.
According to police Hazell, who was affected by alcohol and other substances, performed a series of "doughnuts", sped off on a dirt road and crashed into a metal fence post, before driving toward a number of people who had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.
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Hazell exited the vehicle and yelled at a woman to open the Turf Club gates before punching her several times in the face and upper body, causing a cut to the woman's lower lip.
The victim pulled out her phone to call police, when Hazell took it and attempted to flee.
As officers attempted to arrest her, Hazell tensed her arms and lunged at a male police sergeant before she spat at him.
Hazell refused to provide a breath test and was taken to Dubbo Hospital for blood and urine samples.
When they later returned to Dubbo Police Station, Hazell was being escorted up the corridor when she turned her head and again spat directly in the face of the sergeant, with striking him on the glasses and both cheeks.
Magistrate Stephen Olischlager convicted and sentenced Hazell to a 12-month term of imprisonment, but will allow her to serve it in the community, due to her willingness to engage with drug and alcohol services.
The court heard Hazell was on a community corrections order that was imposed last year, for similar offending against police when the offence took place on April 20 this year.
However defence lawyer Carmen McKay said she had a "positive" sentencing assessment report which addressed her willingness to address her addiction issues, and since the offence had engaged with drug and alcohol counselling through the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
"She's expressed to me in her words she's noticing the changes, and she's feeling she's made the most progress in her life in recent weeks," Ms McKay said.
Ms McKay said Hazell had early exposure to drugs and alcohol and had begun experimenting with them at the age of 14.
"Her use developed from there ... it developed into a mechanism and in her words a 'crutch' for support'," she said.
Magistrate Olischlager said however they were serious offences, and warned Hazell spitting on police was a "complete degradation" of someone.
"Police are just going their jobs, they should never be confronted with somebody who is violent, aggressive, and spitting on them is one of the lowest acts you could do to them," he said.
Hazell was convicted and sentenced to a 12-month intensive corrections order and ordered to undertake 50 hours of community service work. Magistrate Olischager also ordered she continue to engage with drug and alcohol counselling and treatment.
For shoplifting, larceny and the two counts of resisting an officer in the execution of duty, Hazell was also convicted and sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order.