A man described as a dangerous and "violent thug" by police has been jailed for attacking a six-year-old girl and a woman in a busy street.

Catalin Ganciu, 28, was in Lincoln Road, in Millfield, Peterborough, on 26 April when he ran towards the girl and kicked her in the head, knocking her to the ground.

A woman who was nearby spotted Ganciu waving his arms around, so she offered to get him some water from a shop. But he followed her and punched her in the face before running away.

When police arrived to arrest Ganciu, he punched one officer in the stomach and kicked a police van.

At Cambridge Crown Court, Ganciu, of Gladstone Street, Peterborough, was jailed for one year and seven months after pleading guilty to two counts of actual bodily harm, one count of assault by beating of

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