‘I've killed six people, you'll be the seventh!’ Patient who assaulted four Lincolnshire ambulance workers after being found unconscious in Louth jailed

A patient who assaulted four Lincolnshire ambulance workers after being found unconscious in the road has been jailed.

James Rawson - who has a previous conviction for assaulting an emergency worker in 2021 - was placed in the back of an ambulance after emergency services responded to a single vehicle crash near John Darke motors in Grimsby Road, Louth.

Lincoln Crown Court heard 56-year-old Rawson was initially found lying unconcious in the road but became aggressive after medical treatment to bring him round.

David Eager, prosecuting, said Rawson became violent and assaulted three paramedics and an ambulance technician.

Mr Eager said the first incident occured when Rawson spat at a first year trainee paramedic after coming round in the back of the ambulance.

"The spit went on her chest," Mr Eager told the court.

Rawson also aimed kicks at a female paramedic and an ambulance technician as he was conveyed to the Princess Diana Hospital in Grimsby, the court heard.

Mr Eager said Rawson also clenched his fist at a male paramedic and made threats such as ‘I'll have you’.

Rawson also boasted ‘I've killed six people, you'll be the seventh’.

Impact statements from the four emergency workers were read out in court.

A senior paramedic described it as one of the worst incidents in his 11-year career.

The trainee paramedic said it was the most aggressive incident during her first year of training.

An ambulance technician added: "I do not come to work to be assaulted and I will be making a complaint."

The court heard Rawson was due to be sentenced on September 12 but failed to surrender to his bail after arriving at court drunk.

He was eventually remanded into custody on September 18.

Rawson, of King Street, Rotherham, pleaded guilty to four charges of assaulting an emergency worker on July 10, 2023 and a separate bail offence.

The court was told Rawson had a long history of previous convictions including assaulting an emergency worker in 2021.

Tom Heath, mitigating for Rawson, said there were no convictions for violence on his record between 1997 and 2016.

Mr Heath told the court: "Clearly these are horrible offences on public servants who were only doing their jobs and trying to help him.

"He is rightly ashamed of his behaviour."

Mr Heath added: "It is right to say they are single kicks and there are no injuries."

Judge Catarina Sjolin Knight said it was clear from the statements that their had been a psychological impact on the paramedics who treated Rawson, who was jailed for three months.