Posted on 05/07/2023 3:44:22 PM PDT by grundle
Sussex Police Federation says Sergeant Alec Barrett was lucky not to be blinded in the attack as he tried to stop a fight
A police federation has criticised a “lenient and soft” sentence handed out to a teenager who broke an officer’s eye socket and nose but ended up walking free from court.
Jonathan Beauchamp, 19, was given a year’s custodial sentence suspended for two years on Tuesday for punching Sergeant Alec Barrett repeatedly in the face as the officer attempted to break up a fight in Brighton, East Sussex.
Sgt Barrett said he was lucky not to have been blinded in the unprovoked attack, which left him with severe injuries including a concussion, a broken eye socket leading to bleeding in his sinuses, a broken nose and damage to his cheek.
Beauchamp first hit Barrett with a “flying punch”.
Recalling the attack, Barrett said he was in a “vulnerable position on the ground when the man sucker-punched me from a position that I didn't see coming.
“When I regained full consciousness, I looked up to try to work out what had happened as I knew I was defenceless, he then punched me again a few more times in the face whilst standing over me.
“My face is horrendously swollen, initially located around my eye, but now it's around my cheek and one side of my face.
“I've been assaulted before, but I now find myself apprehensive about going back to work, especially operational duty, where I might be in the same position again. It's affected me and my family, who now worry about me going to work.”
Sussex Police Federation condemned the sentence as being “soft” on violent crime, and said 1,322 officers in Sussex were assaulted last year - more than three a day.
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Soft on crime judges is the reason for so many shootings and killings.
And all because they don’t want to hurt peoples feelings!
Definitely SSS time...
Sorta sucks When the cops get beat up, Instead of the other way around. Oh well.
Run over in a back alley by a trash truck? Now that would be real justice. Put the mark of Cain on this thug and then introduce him to a real cane named truncheon.
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