Teen who scratched policeman and called him 'white b****' spared jail

2023-06-28

Teenager, 19, who scratched a police officer’s face and called him a ‘white b****’ as he tried to break up a booze-fuelled street fight is spared jail after insisting she is not ‘anti-police’

Amani Skeiky, 19, dug her nails into a PC’s skin and called him a ‘white b***h’
She threatened the officer as he took her to the ground and pinched a second

A black teenager who scratched a white policeman’s face and racially abused him as he intervened in a drunken 2am street fight has been spared jail after she insisted to a court she was not ‘anti-police.’

Amani Skeiky, 19, dug her nails into the PC’s skin and left visible marks on his neck as he tried to arrest her over a late night brawl outside a cocktail bar.

When the businessman’s daughter was taken to the ground, Shieky told the officer: ‘White b***h. Next time, I will punch you on the d**k.

‘Keep pressing on my leg and you will see what happens.’

She also pinched another officer in the thigh when they came to assist.

Amani Skeiky, 19, dug her nails into the PC’s skin and left visible marks on his neck as he tried to arrest her over a late night brawl outside a cocktail bar

When the businessman’s daughter was taken to the ground, Shieky told the officer: “White b***h. Next time, I will punch you on the d**k”

Later during questioning Sheiky of Chester who had been drinking heavily said a man had been causing ‘distress’ to her sister and she was upset that her skirt was pulled up in view of others when she being restrained.

At Chester magistrates court Sheiky – who is originally from Sierre Leone in West Africa – pleaded guilty to two offences of assaulting an emergency worker, using threatening words or behaviour and racially aggravated harassment.

She was ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay the officer £100 in compensation.

Andrew Page, prosecuting, said: ‘It was March 18 at around 2.20am. Officers were asked to attend Off The Wall in St John Street in Chester in relation to an unrelated matter.

‘A PC Merrick was made aware by members of the public of a fight going on further down the street. PC Merrick saw the defendant going at another male.

‘She was intoxicated and she was arrested in relation to the matter.

‘When PC Merrick tried to handcuff her she scratched him to the face and neck, making minor visible marking. She aggressively resisted him and was taken to the ground.

‘PC Merrick was assisted by the door staff and while on the ground the defendant made a racial comment, calling him a “white b***h”.

She also grabbed another officer around the thigh and pinched them after they came to assist

PC Merrick had scratch marks to his neck, while PC Whalley had an inch wide red mark on his thigh

‘She also made threats: “Next time, I will punch you on the d**k” and “Keep pressing on my leg and you will see what happens.”

PC Merrick was assisted by his colleague PC Whalley but she grabbed him around the thigh and pinched him before being arrested.

‘She later made full admissions and accepted the assaults. She understood that “white b***h” could be interpreted as a racial slur.

‘She said she was not drunk but had been drinking.’

PC Merrick had scratch marks to his neck, while PC Whalley had an inch wide red mark on his thigh.

The court heard that Skeiky had no previous convictions. A probation officer who compiled a report said: ‘She was quite emotional throughout the interview.

‘One thing evidenced is that she is extremely young as an individual.. She is just 19 but she presents as someone even younger than that.

‘She had been out in Chester with her sister. She had not gone out till 12.30am and when they went out they started drinking.

‘They were both intoxicated by the time of this incident. She remembers everything and says she did not feel drunk, but fully accepts would have been somewhat under the influence of alcohol. Her sister was much more intoxicated.

‘She saw a group using language towards her sister that was causing her distress and her immediate reaction was to step in.

‘But her reaction was over the top and that could be due to her young age, the amount of drink she’d had or personal circumstances.

‘Police then became involved and she fully accepts that her behaviour with the other group was not acceptable. As police intervened, her actions again were over the top.

‘At no point did she justify herself. She said as she was being pinned down, her skirt was pulled up in front of a lot of people who were filming what was happening.

‘Despite that, she accepts that she put herself in this situation because of her behaviour. She does not try to justify it.

‘She is ashamed and embarrassed by her behaviour and she does not present as someone proud of her actions.’

The probation officer added: ‘She doesn’t want to be seen as someone who is violent, someone against the police. She says that is not who she is.

‘She comes from a very close family and her father who owns a business has given her short shrift. The fact that she has brought shame on the family is an added upset to this lady.

‘Her mother died in Sierra Leone last year, something she has been struggling to get over and her brother died in October last year, again in Sierra Leone.

‘Hers is quite a close family and that has hit her quite hard. She currently lives with her sister and two nephews.

‘Her sister is a mother figure but again she is going through the same grief that this lady is.

‘The defendant is working as a support worker in a care home in Chester. She is struggling with her mental health to the point of finding it difficult to go out.

‘She is not eating well and she is working a lot of hours. She should be stepping back in the amount of overtime she does but she does not want to be home alone and wants to be active. She has shown remorse and victim empathy.’

Speaking for herself from the dock, Skeiky said: ‘I am very sorry for it.’

She was also told to complete a 12-month community order and pay £214 in costs and victim surcharge.

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