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| Thai boxer helps York police officer arrest knife-wielding attacker | Thai boxer helps York police officer arrest knife-wielding attacker |
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| Dramatic CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a Thai boxer helped a York policeman wrestle a knife-wielding attacker to the floor. | Dramatic CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a Thai boxer helped a York policeman wrestle a knife-wielding attacker to the floor. |
| PC Rich Farrar only noticed Dean Edwards, 28, was armed with a 12 inch butcher’s blade when he resisted arrest. | PC Rich Farrar only noticed Dean Edwards, 28, was armed with a 12 inch butcher’s blade when he resisted arrest. |
| Speaking last year, PC Farrar said: “I went to search the back of his waistband and that's when he launched himself backwards.” | Speaking last year, PC Farrar said: “I went to search the back of his waistband and that's when he launched himself backwards.” |
| "I got hold of him and he ended up on top of me. I wrestled him and I got on top of him, but all that time I didn't know what he had on him." | "I got hold of him and he ended up on top of me. I wrestled him and I got on top of him, but all that time I didn't know what he had on him." |
| The video shows Edwards temporarily escaping the policeman’s clutches but the officer was assisted by Andy Haigh, 49, a member of the public handily trained in Muay Thai boxing and jujitsu. | The video shows Edwards temporarily escaping the policeman’s clutches but the officer was assisted by Andy Haigh, 49, a member of the public handily trained in Muay Thai boxing and jujitsu. |
| Mr Haigh applied a chokehold on Edwards while PC Farrar handcuffed him. | Mr Haigh applied a chokehold on Edwards while PC Farrar handcuffed him. |
| The incident took place in Exhibition Square on 26 September 2015. | The incident took place in Exhibition Square on 26 September 2015. |
| Edwards was sentenced to a total of 30 months in prison; Judge Stephen Ashurst described him as “someone who is essentially lawless.” | Edwards was sentenced to a total of 30 months in prison; Judge Stephen Ashurst described him as “someone who is essentially lawless.” |