A man who spat at hospital security guards before assaulting them has been jailed for ten weeks.

Robert Donnalley, 31, was taken to St Richards Hospital in Spitalfields Lane, Chichester,  on June 27 after becoming extremely intoxicated on drugs and alcohol.

At the hospital, Donnalley, of no fixed address, threatened a nurse while she was trying to help him.

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Sussex Police said the nurse then called security for help.

When they arrived, Donnalley spat at the two security guards and assaulted them.

Sussex Police were called and Donnalley was arrested at the scene.

At Brighton Magistrates' Court, he pleaded guilty to common assault of an emergency worker and two counts of assault by beating an emergency worker.

He was sentenced to ten weeks in prison.