A COVID conspiracy theorist has been found guilty of spitting at two policeman who arrested her at the security cordon around the G7 meeting at Carbis Bay last year.

Michelle Perryman was carrying a megaphone and wanted to protest about the handling of the Covid crisis when she went to the international meeting in Cornwall.

She was allowed through the outer ring of security on the main road into the bay because she was with her partner and dog and told police she was going for a walk.

The road was sealed off under an Anti-Terrorism Regulation Order to enable convoys of world leaders including President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reach the summit on June 10, 2021.

Perryman had been drinking cider, prosecco and Bucks Fizz and officers who were lining the route realised she was drunk. She became abusive when they challenged her.

A confrontation ensued which ended with her spitting at two officers, who were both on secondment from Thames Valley police. The spittle hit a female officer on her cheek and a male officer on his tunic.

She went on to assault another officer as he climbed into her home in Paignton, Devon, to arrest her two months later when she failed to answer police bail and refused to let police into the house.

Perryman, who also used the name Michelle Dawn, aged 50, of Moor View, Paignton, denied three counts of assaulting emergency workers and was found guilty at Exeter Crown Court.

Recorder Mr Mathew Turner adjourned sentence until September 6 and told her: “Spitting at a police officer, especially at a time of Covid, and assaulting an officer during a lawful arrest. All sentencing options, including custody, remain open.”

He ordered a probation report on Perryman, who represented herself and chose not to give evidence.

Mr Ian Graham, prosecuting, said Perryman was arrested on the main road leading to the G7 conference on June 10 last year. She was initially detained for being drunk and disorderly but then handcuffed and put into a spit hood after the assaults on the two officers.

She also attacked an officer who climbed through her open kitchen window on August 2, 2021, by trying to grab at his arm and his taser. He responded by punching her in the face.

Inspector Neil Applegarth, who led the Thames Valley contingent at Carbis Bay, said he hoped Perryman could be persuaded to leave the area peacefully but authorised her arrest because she was worried she may interfere with convoys which were bringing world leaders to the conference at regular intervals.

Footage of the second arrest filmed on a body worn camera recorded Perryman claiming she enjoyed ‘the freedom of the land’ and shouting ‘Jesus will have you’ at the officer.

Perryman denied spitting at the police and said the entry into her home was unlawful. She said she had gone to Carbis Bay with a megaphone and had got on well with police who initially let her through the first cordon so she could walk her terrier dog.

She said being arrested and handcuffed was unpleasant and painful because she suffers from health issues including a hiatus hernia.