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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.
Man charged after two pedestrians hurt in hit-and-run
The incident happened in Measham High Street last summer
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Police in Measham after the incident
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image captionGavin Rawson and Nathan Walker died on a farm in Normanton in north east Leicestershire three days before Christmas in 2016
A waste recycling company and three people have been charged over the deaths of two men at a farm in Leicestershire.
Gavin Rawson, 35, and 19-year-old Nathan Walker died after an incident at Church Farm Buildings, on Main Street in Normanton, on 22 December 2016.
Greenfeeds Ltd has been charged with two counts of corporate manslaughter and failing to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act.
Two men and a woman also face charges.
Drink driver crashed through Highcross shopping centre car park barrier before hitting a lamppost
He was twice the legal alcohol limit and then police found a stash of cocaine
Highcross, Leicester
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