A man has avoided prison, after spitting on four police officers and paramedics while in the back of an ambulance.

Police were called to West Street in Epsom in July last year, where 59-year-old George Cacace from Redhill was threatening medical workers.

He continued to be aggressive when he was taken to Epsom Hospital.

He’s been given a 12-month sentence, suspended fir four months, and had to pay criminal damage costs in relation to the ambulance.