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A man has been jailed for punching a police officer and causing him a serious bleed on the brain.
Joshua Gull, 27, hit PC Leo Clarke in Peterborough on 8 February, when the officer was called to the defendant s grandmother s home on his own.
Peterborough Crown Court was told PC Clarke had to have surgery and has life-changing injuries.
Gull, from Oundle in Northamptonshire, was jailed for 20 months after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm.
Prosecutor Michael Procter told the court the Cambridgeshire Police officer attended the Ledbury Road property and from the outset the defendant appear[ed] to be behaving in an aggressive way .
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2:22 PM February 10, 2021
Updated:
4:42 PM February 10, 2021
A Cambridgeshire police officer is in a serious condition in hospital after being assaulted on Monday afternoon, February 8.
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A police officer is in a serious condition in hospital after being assaulted on Monday afternoon, February 8.
The officer, who is in his 20s and a response officer in the north of the county, was conducting a welfare check at a property in Ledbury Road, Peterborough at about 5pm when he was assaulted.
He was taken to Addenbrooke s Hospital in Cambridge where he remains in a serious but stable condition.
Joshua Gull, 27, of Herne Road, Oundle, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent in connection with the incident.