PC Clarke used his baton to stop Gull, who was arrested soon afterwards as he retreated inside the property.
When PC Clarke returned to Thorpe Wood Police Station, a welfare check by a supervisor discovered he was squinting and had started to slur his words.
He was taken to Peterborough City Hospital where it was found he had a bleed on the brain.
PC Clarke underwent surgery and remained in hospital for five days before returning home where he continues to recover.
“I feel like a prisoner as such in my own house because the recovery is so slow2, said PC Leo Clarke.
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.
Convicted Cambridge sex offender caught again after messaging 12-year-old boy
Simon Wilders was caught after police uncovered chat details with a ‘young boy’ who was in fact an undercover police officer
Simon Wilders said in a chat he had been “waiting for the right 12-year-old” (Image: Cambridgeshire Constabulary handout)
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Exclusive: Donald Trump discussed the Queen, vaccines and a 2024 presidential run with Nigel Farage
The pair had a half-an-hour sit down in Mar-a-Lago in what was described as a meeting of friends
27 April 2021 • 6:00am
Mr Trump “has got a massive decision to make” and is “thinking very, very hard,” Mr Farage told the Telegraph about a potential third run for the presidency
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Donald Trump is “thinking very, very hard” about running to be President in 2024 and is in “listening mode” at his home in Mar-a-Lago, where he met Nigel Farage on Monday evening.
In a half-an-hour sit down at the Palm Beach resort, the pair discussed the Queen and Prince Philip, Britain’s vaccine rollout and postal voting, in what the former Brexit party leader described as a “meeting of friends”.