A man has been jailed after assaulting an emergency worker and breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) previously secured by Weymouth and Portland Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT).
Nigel Shaun Treadwell, 47 and of Weymouth, was sentenced at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 5 June 2025 to 42 weeks in prison.
On Wednesday 4 June 2025, the ambulance service was called to reports of an intoxicated man in Westham Road in Weymouth.
On arrival, paramedics located Treadwell and took him into the back of the ambulance where he reportedly became verbally abusive, before spitting and punching one of the paramedics in the stomach.
The paramedics alerted Dorset Police and officers attended to arrest Treadwell on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
Treadwell was also subject to a CBO at the time of the incident, which had been secured by Weymouth and Portland NPT for multiple offences of shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. The CBO restricted him from being intoxicated in a public place, and entering certain parts of Weymouth, which included Westham Road, and so he was further arrested for breaching this order.
Treadwell was taken into custody where he was also arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, after he repeatedly spat on the floor of the cell.
The following day, Treadwell was charged and appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to all the offences and was sentenced.
Police Constable Tom Arnold, of Weymouth and Portland NPT, said: “Treadwell is a prolific shoplifter who has frequently targeted businesses in the Weymouth area and has been involved in anti-social behaviour.
“We do not tolerate violence towards our emergency service colleagues who are simply trying to do their job.
“We are glad that he is now behind bars and facing justice for his actions.”
Mike Jones, Crime and Violence Reduction Manager at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT), said: “What happened earlier this week to our team members is shocking and completely unacceptable. This was a vicious, unprovoked attack on individuals who dedicate their lives to saving others.
“The role of our people is tough – physically, mentally and emotionally – without the patients we are trying to help assaulting us. We will relentlessly pursue those who seek to behave in this manner to ensure justice is served.
“We’d like to thank Dorset Police, who within 48 hours of this incident occurring interviewed, charged, remanded, and sent this individual to court where he was swiftly sentenced. Our people are equipped with body worn video which was used in this case to ensure swift justice and leave no defence available.
“Please help us to help you and treat us with the dignity and respect we deserve.”
