Woman spat in male's face and punched woman in the face in Ballymena
A woman spat in a male's face and punched a woman in the face in Ballymena and when arrested spat at a police officer but missed.
Stacy Dillon (32), with an address listed as Dunclug Park in Ballymena, had also kicked and punched police on the same day - February 27 this year.
On November 8 last year she tried to bite an officer on the arm at Antrim Police Station. A defence barrister said the defendant had been on remand in custody for around three months.
At Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, District Judge Nigel Broderick said there was "every reason" why the defendant should be jailed but he said she had already spent the equivalent of a six months prison term on remand.
Since the start of June, the judge said, Ballymena and Antrim courts now have the option of imposing "enhanced Combination Orders".
He said it was an "intensive order that involves a number of statutory agencies and is designed to be given to those defendants who should otherwise go straight to prison".
"It is a very intensive order and there are no second chances. If you breach any of the terms of the Order the Probation Board will not give you another chance. They will send your case straight back to court and you will probably go to prison."
The defendant was given an Enhanced Combination Order of Probation for a year and 100 hours of Community Service.