A ‘despicable’ man has been jailed after assaulting four police officers at Manchester Victoria Station. Nathan Hughes, of Avondale Court, Rochdale, was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to assault and resisting arrest.
Before midnight on December 14, 2021, officers attempted to arrest Hughes, 23, for criminal damage at Victoria Station. READ MORE: "We are the proof": The 'Windermere Boy' who survived four concentration camps But a sentencing at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard how Hughes quickly became 'erratic and aggressive' in what was described as a 'despicable act of violence'.
As an British Transport Police officer attempted to handcuff Hughes, he resisted arrest and punched him in the face before taking his handcuffs.
Another officer then stepped in and used her captor spray to subdue Hughes. Once handcuffed he attempted to take the officer’s spray and taser in an attempt to use them against the officers.
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