
A woman who spat in the face of a Westpac bank officer was fined $650 when she pleaded guilty in the Launceston Magistrates Court.
Katrina Dianna Newitt, 42, pleaded guilty to assault on March 3, 2021 and to possessing a controlled plant on May 20, 2021.
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Police prosecutor Katrina Woodgate said Newitt went into the Launceston branch of Westpac and spoke to an officer who gave her advice that she refused to accept.
A male bank officer followed Newitt to the front door of the bank.
"The defendant walked back and spat in his face," Ms Woodgate said.
She was located two months later where it was found she had cannabis in a backpack.
"I shouldn't have spat obviously but I was very frustrated ... I had worked in a bank so I knew the procedures," she said.

Nick Clark
I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.
I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.