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14/05/2019
Three PSNI Officers Injured In Taxi Attack
Three police officers have been injured after coming under attack while trying to assist a taxi passenger over the weekend in Magherafelt.
The incident occurred on Rainey Street in the early hours of Sunday morning, 12 May, when a taxi driver flagged down a police vehicle for help dealing with a drunk passenger.
The driver explained that the woman would not disclose her address and he had no way of getting her home. Upon speaking to the woman, who appeared half asleep, the officers were attacked.
"Next thing we know, we're getting met with an onslaught of obscenities as the taxi door is kicked open and the previously sleeping passenger is now anything but," a spokesperson explained.
"The subsequent actions of the individual in question left three officers injured with one being hospitalised after being severely bitten. The officer now has an agonising wait on blood test results to confirm whether or not they have not been infected with a virus.
"Disgusting and unacceptable behaviour towards those who were only trying to help, starting with the taxi driver, simply trying to get her home. The one positive, with all of us now carrying body cameras a Judge can witness first hand such violent and aggressive behaviour, rather than a lovely flowery account put forward in her defence."
The woman was subsequently arrested and is expected to appear in court for a range of offences.
(JG)
The incident occurred on Rainey Street in the early hours of Sunday morning, 12 May, when a taxi driver flagged down a police vehicle for help dealing with a drunk passenger.
The driver explained that the woman would not disclose her address and he had no way of getting her home. Upon speaking to the woman, who appeared half asleep, the officers were attacked.
"Next thing we know, we're getting met with an onslaught of obscenities as the taxi door is kicked open and the previously sleeping passenger is now anything but," a spokesperson explained.
"The subsequent actions of the individual in question left three officers injured with one being hospitalised after being severely bitten. The officer now has an agonising wait on blood test results to confirm whether or not they have not been infected with a virus.
"Disgusting and unacceptable behaviour towards those who were only trying to help, starting with the taxi driver, simply trying to get her home. The one positive, with all of us now carrying body cameras a Judge can witness first hand such violent and aggressive behaviour, rather than a lovely flowery account put forward in her defence."
The woman was subsequently arrested and is expected to appear in court for a range of offences.
(JG)
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