A man told a police officer that he hoped he had broken his jaw after attacking him in a hospital. Terrance Nichols, 35, was arrested on July 1 concerning a separate matter and taken to Peterborough City Hospital for treatment.

At about 10.30am Nichols attempted to remove a canula from his arm, but the officer prevented him from doing so. Nichols reacted by kicking the officer in the face before spitting at him and saying he hoped he had broken his jaw.

The officer was uninjured. Nichols, of no known address, admitted common assault of an emergency worker. On Friday, September 5, at Peterborough Crown Court he was jailed for eight weeks.

PC Oliver Holmes said: “The officer was trying to prevent Nichols from doing himself further harm, so to respond by attacking him was disgusting. I’m

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