Police Federation chairman demands Priti Patel bring in tougher sentences for attacks on officers
PC Leo Clarke, 24, suffered life changing injuries after being attacked by a criminal in February
29 April 2021 • 4:51pm
PC Leo Clarke spent five days in hospital with a bleed on the brain after being attacked
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The chairman of the Police Federation has called on Priti Patel to bring in tougher sentences for attacks on officers.
John Apter, head of the Police Federation of England and Wales, made the comments after a criminal, who left a young officer with life-changing injuries, was given an unacceptable 20 month sentence.
PC Leo Clarke, 24, was still on probation when he was punched by Josh Gull, 27
The new police constable had responded to a call at Gull s Peterborough home
When he returned to Cambs police station, Clarke was dazed and slurring words
Gull was hit with a 20 month jail term at Peterborough Crown Court yesterday
But this unacceptable sentence sparked rage from friends, family and officials
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image captionThe court heard Joshua Gull was having a mental health crisis at the time of the offence
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
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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.