iOS - Android Dowson was jailed for seven-and-a-half years earlier this month after admitting an attempted murder charge on PC Coletta, who has been permanently disfigured, and assaulting PC McCorry.Watchdog body the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has now probed the incident and found the cops use of batons was justified and praised the two for their bravery.A report describes how abuse had been shouted at the officers by a man as they tried to enter a block of flats in Cambusnethan.When one of the cops went into the close to talk to him, the thug took a meat cleaver out his trousers and aimed at the officer’s hand breaking bones and causing deep cuts.Dowson then came out punching the other officer in the face.
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