Two police officers endured months of medical tests after their faces were sprayed with blood as they tried to arrest a man.
Ex-soldier Daniel Daly, 38, was jailed for 18 months after he admitted exposing them to the risk of infection.
Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Daly was arrested for assaulting a man.
Prosecutor Lauren Cole said: “Daly himself was covered in blood. He shouted repeatedly at the officers to ‘f*** off’ and as a result blood and saliva sprayed from his mouth.
“The officers asked him to stop shouting but he continued and this caused both officers to ingest some of his blood.”
She added that after weeks of tests, “fortunately, the results were negative.”
Daly, of Hamilton, also admitted punching Ian Steele in the disturbance on January 29.
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