A teenager who bit a police officer has been locked up for four months.
Sean Wilson, 18, was sentenced to detention at Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting police assault.
The court heard Wilson carried out the savage attack as officers tried to break up a party that “got out of hand”.
Wilson shouted, swore and threatened police as they attempted to clear around 50 people out of a noisy party in a flat on Sandeman Street.
One officer attempted to arrest Wilson for threatening and abusive behaviour but Wilson “became more aggressive” and lashed out.
Fiscal depute Susan Ruta told the court: “The accused stood up and head-butted the constable on the arm as they tried to restrain him.
“The accused forcefully pushed the constable on to the front door and cornered him.
“Another officer attempted to intervene but the accused lunged forward and bit the constable on the right forearm.
“The accused was restrained but managed to get up and head-butted a third officer on the left side of the face.”
The police officer who was bitten will have to undergo six months of testing to ensure he has not caught an infectious disease.
Wilson, a prisoner at HMP YOI Polmont, pleaded guilty to charges of police assault and threatening and abusive behaviour, at Sandeman Street, on May 7.
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