A police officer has been left paralysed from the chest down after being kicked in the back by a drunken woman he was taking into custody.
Pc Darren Triggs needed emergency spinal surgery after a blood clot was found on his spine just weeks before his wife Rosie was due to give birth to their third child.
He'd been kicked by a drunken woman while he drove her to a police station to place her in custody last December and even though he had a bruise Darren, 36, didn't think it was anything serious.
But the Sussex Police officer of 12 years woke his wife up four days after being struck fearing he was suffering a heart attack while telling her his legs and feet were completely numb.
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