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| Leyton machete attack: Van driver jailed for wounding officer | |
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| A man has been jailed for repeatedly slashing a police officer with a machete in a "brutal and shocking" attack. | A man has been jailed for repeatedly slashing a police officer with a machete in a "brutal and shocking" attack. |
| Muhammad Rodwan, 56, from Luton, slashed PC Stuart Outten, 29, after the van driver was pulled over by officers in Leyton, east London, in August. | Muhammad Rodwan, 56, from Luton, slashed PC Stuart Outten, 29, after the van driver was pulled over by officers in Leyton, east London, in August. |
| Despite his injuries, the PC managed to Taser Rodwan twice, subduing him. | Despite his injuries, the PC managed to Taser Rodwan twice, subduing him. |
| Jailing him for 16 years, Mrs Justice Carr said "arrogant" Rodwan had shown "not a shred of remorse or insight". | |
| A jury at the Old Bailey convicted him on Thursday of wounding but acquitted him of attempted murder. | |
| PC Outten suffered wounds to his head and hand from a 2ft-long blade after stopping Rodwan's white van for having no insurance. | PC Outten suffered wounds to his head and hand from a 2ft-long blade after stopping Rodwan's white van for having no insurance. |
| He also suffered slash wounds to his arm, several broken fingers and three severed tendons in one hand. | |
| The judge told Rodwan: "This was a brutal and a shocking attack with a machete on a police officer carrying out his duties." | The judge told Rodwan: "This was a brutal and a shocking attack with a machete on a police officer carrying out his duties." |
| She told Rodwan the situation was entirely of his own making, carried out while he was "in a rage". | She told Rodwan the situation was entirely of his own making, carried out while he was "in a rage". |
| The judge added he had shown "belligerent arrogance". | The judge added he had shown "belligerent arrogance". |
| During his trial, the defendant said he did not know Pc Outten had a Taser and had raised the machete up to "try to scare him away from me". | During his trial, the defendant said he did not know Pc Outten had a Taser and had raised the machete up to "try to scare him away from me". |
| Graphic footage from the police officer's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete as Pc Outten tried to arrest him. | Graphic footage from the police officer's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete as Pc Outten tried to arrest him. |
| In a victim impact statement read out to the court PC Outten, who has not yet returned to work, said the attack had "changed my life but I hope it has not changed the way I police". | In a victim impact statement read out to the court PC Outten, who has not yet returned to work, said the attack had "changed my life but I hope it has not changed the way I police". |
| During his trial Rodwan had claimed he was acting in self-defence and that he kept the machete in his van for gardening work. | |
| The court was told Rodwan had previous convictions for rape and two other machete attacks, for which he was jailed for nine years. | |
| The defendant was convicted of wounding with intent, but cleared of charges of attempted murder and having an offensive weapon, namely a machete. | |
| Rodwan was told by Justice Carr he must serve at least two-thirds of the custodial sentence in prison. | |
| She added he was also given an extended sentence of a further three years on licence, "to protect the public". | |
| She also ordered the disposal of the machete. |