A thug who attacked a police officer with “haymaker” punches before trying to gouge her eye out has admitted to the assault.
The 23-year-old man repeatedly punched PC Siobhan Sharkey in the face before choking her with his arm. The chokehold left the 25-year-old struggling to breathe.
He then dug his fingers into the officer's eye in an attempt to gouge it out. Adam Wright, from Kent, launched the vicious attack in Fort William on August 22 last year.
Siobhan had pulled Wright over after he was spotted driving a car that had been seized by the police days before. He was immediately aggressive and began his attack as she attempted to arrest him.
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