A violent and drunk woman who bit and kicked an officer has been jailed.

Sherilee Woodward attacked two officers and racially abused members of the public during a drunken tirade in Week Street, Maidstone.

Officers were called to the town centre after reports of a disturbance at a restaurant.

They approached Woodward, 44, to speak to her as she matched a description of a person involved in the incident.

Woodward, of Salem Street, Maidstone, was arrested and when officers tried to search her she kicked one of them and bit a second constable's hand.

It caused a deep cut and bruising which the officer required medical attention for.

Woodward was later charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, assaulting an emergency worker and a racially aggravated public order offence.

She pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court last Thursday (Feb 9) and was sentenced to two years in prison.

DC Kim Bashford, of Maidstone CID, said: "Officers should be able to discharge their duty of protecting the public without suffering abuse or being assaulted.

"In this case, a woman causing a considerable public nuisance also injured an officer who had to receive hospital treatment and undergo a course of medication.

"Woodward is now starting a prison sentence and visitors to Maidstone and its residents will be spared her offensive behaviour."