A WOKINGHAM man has been jailed after committing a string of offences including spitting at a police officer, racist behaviour and damaging a petrol station desk.

Dariusz Sarota, of Station Road, will spend half a year in jail for the crimes he committed on New Year's Day 2020 in Wokingham.

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The 39-year-old was convicted of:

  • Assaulting an emergency worker by spitting at them
  • Two counts of racially aggravated harassment of a man
  • Criminal damage to a property, namely the night pay desk of a Shell petrol station
  • Another count of assaulting an emergency worker, which was another spitting incident.

He was committed to prison for 18 weeks for the first count of assaulting an emergency worker, six weeks for the second count, and another two weeks for the damage to the night desk.

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Sarota was also told he would serve nine weeks concurrently for the racially aggravated harassment offences.

In addition to the jail time, the 39-year-old was told to pay £300 compensation, court costs of £500 and a £128 victim surcharge.

Sarota appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court on July 2, 2021.

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