A landscape gardener has become the first person to be jailed under stiffer sentencing for people who attack emergency workers.
Daniel Hilton, 27, bit PC Campbell Ditty on the thigh after a 999 call about a man with a knife.
His mother Susan described him as pacing about, ranting, looking out of the curtains and saying things that didnt make sense during an episode of substance misuse psychosis.
Prosecutor Tess Kenyon said: He then came towards her with the knife when she was sat on the sofa and held it to her throat and said: “tell me who they are and what they are paying you”.
She said she didnt think he would hurt her with the knife and she normalised this behaviour.
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But her friend was there with her at the time and she was terrified and ran into the kitchen to get away from him – this would seem more of a normal reaction to this kind of behaviour.
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He then went to neighbour Sean Unsworths house where he tried to bite PC Dittys groin.
A Taser had to be used to restrain Hilton on Saturday and he was jailed yesterday after admitting the new charge assault by beating of an emergency worker.
The maximum term for the new offence is one year in prison – previously it was six months for common assault.
Assistant chief constable Annette Anderson said: Members of the emergency services often put themselves in harms way to protect others and this incident is no different.
Being attacked when you are simply trying to do your job is something no-one should have to face but being targeted while you are coming to the rescue of others is nothing short of inexcusable.
As we do in any case, we will robustly pursue those who use violence against those responding to 999 calls and will do everything in our power, with the newly welcomed legislation, to protect the protectors.
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