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image captionPC Maddie Hayes needed 17 stitches to her nose after being punched by the teenager
A teenage boy who punched a police constable, leaving her nose "hanging off", has been sentenced.
PC Maddie Hayes required 17 stitches after the attack in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on 12 September.
PC Hayes, 24, said she felt "unbelievable pain" after trying to handcuff the teenager.
The 16-year-old, from Swadlincote, Derbyshire, was given a 12-month community order and told to pay £600 compensation.
PC Hayes, of Leicestershire Police, was assisting with the search of the boy after he had been detained by officers.
She said she placed a handcuff around one of the boy's wrists, but he then used his free hand to punch her.