Criminal swears at judge and ends up with extra jail time

COURT IS TOLD SHE 'HAS A DESPERATELY SHORT FUSE'

- By MARTIN NAYLOR

A PROLIFIC criminal who has racked up 60 court appearances - many for offences against police officers - has had more time added to her original sentence for telling the judge “**** you”.

Angela Shand also raised her middle finger from the dock at Nottingham Crown Court towards Judge Mark Watson when he told her he was not going to suspend the short sentence he had just passed.

The furious 53-year-old shouted at him “you always do the same thing - locking innocent people up” before turning down the opportunity to apologise for her foulmouthed outburst.

So the judge added extra jail time to what he had just imposed.

Jailing her for initially for eight weeks, Judge Watson said: “Angela Shand, you have a history of being a menace to members of Nottinghamshire Constabulary. Your record of offending against the police is without parallel.

“You fail to recognise that these are humans. Police officers already have a hard enough job to do without dealing with people like you.