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Suspended Sentence for Woman Who Assaulted Staff and Police at Liverpool Gig

The court prioritized rehabilitation over immediate custody following her guilty pleas.

Overview

  • Taia Antonia Ryder, 28, received a two-month prison term suspended for 12 months with £200 costs, 25 rehabilitation days and a three-month alcohol-abstinence requirement.
  • Recorder Mark Bradshaw called the offences "frankly distressing and disgusting" yet chose not to activate her earlier suspended sentence from 2023.
  • Ryder admitted punching a venue worker at Blackstone Street Warehouse, biting PC Adam Humphreys, urinating on PC Angel Hill in hospital and spitting at PC George Whitehead at Edge Lane station.
  • Prosecutors said she had consumed six to seven cocktails before the event and more drinks at the bar, later reporting memory gaps but expressing remorse.
  • Defense and support statements described complex mental-health and social vulnerabilities, including prior street homelessness, with reports that she is now a student.