Almost 6,500 offences related to the CCP virus were prosecuted in the UK in the first six months of the pandemic, according to statistics published by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on Thursday. Between Apr. 1 and Sept. 30 last year, 2,106 defendants were prosecuted for 6,469 CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related offences, with a conviction rate of 90 percent. Almost 1,200 offences were prosecuted under the COVID-19 legislation, which forbids non-essential travel and unlawful gatherings. In cases not prosecuted under the COVID-19 legislation, the CPS has introduced a “coronavirus flag” on its case management system to highlight crimes related to the CCP virus as an aggravating feature at sentencing. Among all CCP virus-related offences, assaults on emergency workers were the most common, with 1,688 offences charged. Many of the assaults were committed against police officers, who were coughed at, spat on, kicked, bitten, or hit with heavy objects when …