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Apr 2023
Ripon man jailed for attacking police in Harrogate
A Ripon man has been jailed for attacking three police officers at Harrogate Police Station.
Benjamin Donnelly, 36, admitted the offences when he appeared before magistrates in York yesterday.
He was jailed for 16 weeks because of the seriousness of the offences and his previous record.
Donnelly, of Somerset Row, pleaded guilty to assaulting the officers on Friday last week.
He also admitted assaulting a custody worker at the police station on Beckwith Head Road and was fined £300.
Following the case, a spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police said:
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