A Cowes man with convictions for assaulting emergency workers has been given a 12-month community order after biting a female Police officer on the leg.
26-year-old David Haynes appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday (16th November) charged with assaulting an emergency worker.
Ann Smout, prosecuting, told the court that at 01:30 on 25th July this year, Police received an allegation that a man – said to be Haynes – was attempting to break into the address of an ex-partner on Trafalgar Road, Newport.
Officers arrived on the scene and spotted Haynes, who then ran away. He was eventually detained and became very loud, abusive and non-compliant towards officers, who were struggling to control him.
Haynes, now detained on the floor, reached out and pulled PC Betteridge’s radio from her stab vest before biting her on her left thigh. The 26-year-old of Arctic Road, Cowes was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and was taken into custody where he provided a no comment interview. No charges were ever brought against him for the alleged break-in.
Defending, Oscar Vincent said his client was attempting to explain his innocence but suffered an anxiety attack due to the number of Police officers surrounding him. Mr Vincent said his client had his face on the ground and was having difficulty breathing. Haynes bit the officer in order to give himself time to breathe freely and to get his face off the ground, Mr Vincent told the court.
Through his solicitor, Haynes said he apologises to the officer involved.
The Probation service told the court that Haynes had only attended 2 of 6 appointments offered as part of a community order put in place back in August for assaulting an emergency worker (x2) and criminal damage. They described Haynes as being non-compliant with the existing order.
Magistrates handed David Haynes a 12-month community order with 15 rehabilitation days and 40 hours of unpaid work attached. He was also ordered to pay costs of £85, pay £100 compensation and a £95 surcharge.
haynes is just a weak, pathetic and cowardly wimp. He deserves to be locked up for such a disgusting assault on someone else. To attempt to use the “couldn’t breathe” defence was just as weak and pathetic as he is.
sadly, he is another one of lifes complete and total failures, that we as a society are burdened with.
What a joke I feel sorry for the pc involved. He obviously has no respect for any emergency workers surely he should of been locked up as the probation service said he’s only attended 2 out of 6 appointments given to him for the last Community order so what’s going to be different this time
Wow that’s not much of a deterrent….
Should be a custodial sentence !!!!!
Couldn’t breathe but capable of biting the police officer???
Anxiety attack?????
What about the poor police officer ?
Sorry but this is an insult to our officer’s…….
Who /what they have to put up with Beggars belief!
Not living in the real world ‘old fart’ judges and magistrates. No deterrent and no real punishment for these appauling acts of Antisocial behaviour and crime. Should have been locked up and fed just bread and water. Too soft, way too soft these days.
isnt it about time there were tougher penalties for assaulting an emergency worker, instead we have these punitive penalties which basically means you assault and emergency worker you basically get a slap on the wrist our police deserve better than this
This just shows what our judges think of our emergency workers. I’m pretty sure had a judge been bitten, the punishment would have been more severe
What no-one will or dare tell you is that our prisons are so overfull with the lower end of the worlds criminals now, that UNLESS our own criminals commit equal or worse crimes, then there is little chance of being jailed now for ‘that’ reason.
Talk to any prison officers privately, they will tell you.
Trying to suggest we could have all have been ‘kneeling’ for him had he not have bite the lady.
Yeah right, if your head is free enough to bite, it is free enough to breathe. Double the sentence to four days for lying.
This piece of filth should also be made to wear a muzzle when out in the public domain. He wants to act like an animal, he should be treated like one. Hope the female PC made a full recovery without being given any diseases.
conviction of assaulting a police officer contrary to section 89 of the Police Act 1996, the defendant faces a sentence of up to 6 months’ imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000. Yep, only up to 6 months and/or a fine. I’d have given him 6months and £5000 fine. Weak Judges influenced by the even weaker CPS.
Quite. Very feeble CPS, especially when dealing with crimes against women.
– He behaves like an animal, so treat him like one and shut him in the kennels !