Katie Gardner, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to assault by beating of an emergency worker remotely from HMP Styal at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on August 6. As a result they took her to Furness General Hospital for treatment, the court was told. A struggle ensued and she lifted her left leg to kick out at PC Kimberley’s knee," said Mr Kelly. The court heard Gardner was jailed on August 1 after pleading guilty to a number of other matters. In mitigation, solicitor Lisa Phizacklea explained: “She was not allowed to sit in the main waiting area of the hospital.