The policeman said he’s lucky to be alive after he was repeatedly kicked and punched on the head
.The 20-year-old was convicted of assault to injury and sentenced to a six-month home curfew and 18-month community payback order.
The officer was attacked as he tried to arrest Smith amid reports of a man with a knife in April 2021 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Top news stories today But the officer, who had to take time off work, told 1919 Magazine: “I’ve had somebody who, to put it bluntly, was close enough to killing me and all he’s got is to stay at home.”He said: “How can you say kicking someone on the head is not endangering their life?”READ NEXT:
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