Traffic constable David Minto A POLICE officer has described how he lay in “overwhelming pain” after being assaulted, as figures show one emergency services worker is attacked every day in North Yorkshire. Traffic constable David Minto couldn’t work for six months due to fractures and extensive ligament damage to his lower leg. His attacker, Shane Anthony Povey, was recently sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. TC Minto is one of dozens of North Yorkshire’s emergency services workers who been seriously injured in the line of duty. TC Minto's ankle was so badly fractured it had to be pinned