B.C. woman found guilty of assault after coughing at grocery store employee in early days of pandemi [View all]
A woman who coughed at a Vancouver Island grocery store employee during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has been found guilty of assault by a judge in British Columbia.
The incident occurred at a Save On Foods in Campbell River, B.C., on April 24, 2020, when social-distancing measures had been mandated by provincial public health officials.
Judge Barbara Flewelling found Kimberly Woolman guilty of two counts of assault: one for the coughing incident, and the other for ramming a shopping cart into the store's assistant manager. Woolman was also found guilty of causing a disturbance.
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Poulton said she was maintaining social distancing of two metres behind Woolman when Woolman suddenly stopped, shortening the distance between them by about half, and forcibly coughed twice at Poulton's face.
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