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MAGISTRATES have jailed a 27-year-old man for attacking a police officer in Andover.
Stephan Bassily was found guilty following a trial at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court of assaulting an emergency worker on October 23, 2020.
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It was found that Bassily, from London, assaulted PC Hughes while she was exercising her functions as a police officer.
Bassily was jailed for four weeks and ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge.
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