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image captionOnce Wilkie was tasered,other officers were able to move in and handcuff him
A police officer has been praised for his selfless courage after being threatened with a man wielding three knives.
Avon and Somerset constable Chris Wright put himself between David Wilkie and his colleagues because they didn t have time to flee .
He tasered Wilkie, 41, when he continued to advance, meaning he could be handcuffed.
Now a sergeant, Wright has been given a chief constable s commendation.
The force has released a video of the incident showing Wilkie shouting at police in the centre of a block of flats in Staple Hill, Bristol on 16 June, 2020.
By Leslie Maxwell and Alistair McIntyre
Luss poet John Walker lived at the Hill of Camstradden Farm
HELENSBURGH and district is well known for renowned artists and architects. but it also has had several notable poets. The Heritage Trust website provides coverage of two of the ‘greats’ of poetry, Cecil Day Lewis and W.H. Auden, who, by coincidence, were both teaching at Larchfield School in 1930. But their time here was short. It is also true that literary giants such as Walter Scott penned verses set locally, but again, they had no real ties with the district. However this area has had for many years a proud, if unsung, history of nurturing poets.
Moment police officer Tasers man confronting him with three knives In all my years of service, this is the first time I’ve actually thought, ‘I’m in trouble here’
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This is the moment a police officer Tasered a knife-wielding man who was threatening to stab his wife and police in a dramatic confrontation in Bristol.