Patient who sexually harassed paramedic during 999 call jailed under new law

Patient who sexually harassed paramedic during 999 call jailed under new law

A London Ambulance Service paramedic who was sexually harassed while trying to treat a patient at a West London bus stop has spoken out

A man has been convicted of harassing a London Ambulance Service paramedic in the first case of its kind secured by the Met Police.

It’s after Ella Johnson and her crewmate responded to a 999 call for a man at a bus stop in Shepherd’s Bush in April. As they tried to assess him, the patient became abusive, swearing and using sexist and degrading language. She radio-alerted colleagues in the 999 control room to call the police. When they arrived, they arrested the man and charged him with sex-based harassment which was an offence which had only become law a few days earlier. T…