Qld woman avoids jail for police assault

A Brisbane woman who grabbed a police officer trying to rescue his partner from being choked won't serve any time behind bars.

Cori Reremoana King, 32, says she doesn't remember the incident or slapping another officer across the cheek because she was drunk at the time.

But a judge says her behaviour was disgraceful.

The assaults occurred late at night on May 25, 2019 after King and four of her cousins left a hotel.

Two of the men in their group had become aggressive after being refused service because they were drunk.

Police were called, later finding King and her cousins on the street.

During a seven-minute-long attack, the group surrounded a female officer before one of King's cousins grabbed her throat and choked her.

Other people held the officer's arm, leaving her unable to defend herself.

King pulled on the officer's partner when he tried to help his colleague.

She also assaulted another female officer by hitting her in the cheek while being arrested.

The mother-of-one said she was "mortified" by her behaviour when she watched police footage of the incident.

But Brisbane District Court Judge Vicki Loury QC said King showed no remorse and had not apologised to the officers she assaulted.

Descriptions of King in character references were "entirely incongruous" with her behaviour on the night, Judge Loury said.

She said King had only used a small amount of force, but her involvement was significant.

"There was no compassion apparent in your conduct on this night when one of your group was choking a female police officer," Judge Loury told King during sentencing.

King was sentenced in the Brisbane District Court on Thursday to four months in jail, suspended for 18 months, after pleading guilty.