Police who moved to arrest a man in a North Lynn home were met with an extraordinary amount of violence and aggression.
One officer was headbutted and another punched on the arm by Rhian Winters who was in drink and had been waving a piece of wood about in St Edmundsbury Road.
It was a level of aggression rarely experienced in nearly 20 years’ service by one of the officers, magistrates in Lynn were told on Thursday.
The court heard the incident happened at about 4.30pm on April 11.
Winters was holding something when officers approached him in the house. He was told to drop it and a female officer was punched on the forearm as she went to handcuff him.
Prosecutor Katherine Emms told the court Winters was swearing and shouting: “Tell her not to touch me. Do you understand who I am?”
Winters then warned a sergeant that he would be headbutted if he came closer. And that happened as the sergeant tried to take control of the situation before Winters kept his arms behind his back on a bed.
Eventually the 26-year-old was arrested and had leg…
