Awesome bravery...or a bit stupid?
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Awesome bravery...or a bit stupid?
You decide
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 842282.stm
Also, for those not squeamish, check out this pic of the thing in his eye. Seriously, you don't want to see it. I'm warning you. Final warning.
http://tinyurl.com/7zwou9
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 842282.stm
Personally, I think it is epic bravery...he must be a bit peeved though that the guy got released.Pc's eye impaled in arrest chase
A police officer kept chasing a suspect for his first arrest - despite getting a six-inch branch stuck in his eye.
Pc John Nash slipped on mud and slid head first into a bush while pursuing the man in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, just six days into the job.
He only realised he was injured when he arrested the suspect, who told him he had "better get to hospital".
Pc Nash, 25, underwent three hours of surgery, which saved his eye, and says he now just wants to return to work.
The officer was in an unmarked police vehicle following a car being driven erratically on an estate when it was abandoned in Walton Close.
Two men ran off and Pc Nash gave chase, in conditions described as "driving rain", and cornered one in a dead end.
Insp Ian Hanson, of the Police Federation, said: "John fell in some mud and initially thought he banged his head on his baton, which he had drawn.
"When he detained the man he thought was the offender shortly afterwards, it was actually the man who said: 'you'd better get to hospital mate'."
Mr Hanson, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said the stick penetrated Pc Nash's eye, shattered his eye socket and stopped just underneath his brain.
"He was incredibly lucky not to lose his eye, or indeed his life," he added.
Pc Nash was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital, where he underwent three hours of surgery. Doctors had expected him to lose his sight, Mr Hanson said.
It must have been quite frightening for them to see their colleague come back with this thing sticking out of his eye
Insp Ian Hanson, of the Police Federation
"Ultimately, it's through the skill of the surgeons that he is in the lucky position that he has kept his eye and not suffered any brain damage," he added.
"It shows the dangers that police officers face every day, but we in GMP are very proud of John. He is very much the reluctant hero and all he wants to do is get back to work.
"John is more bothered about the impact it had on his colleagues at the scene. It must have been quite frightening for them to see their colleague come back with this thing sticking out of his eye."
PC Nash has got his peripheral vision back and a "significant" amount of his sight has returned.
The suspect was arrested but later released without charge.
Also, for those not squeamish, check out this pic of the thing in his eye. Seriously, you don't want to see it. I'm warning you. Final warning.
http://tinyurl.com/7zwou9
If you didn't like it, it's your own fault.
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From the careful phraseology used about the suspect, it is possible the wrong man was nabbed - hence the release. Or he could be re-arrested later if forensic evidence in the car supports the case.TANGODANCER wrote:Looks like he just didn't know what had really happened. Very lucky with the eyesight, and all for somebody released without charge. Great.
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No, he would be out on Police bail rather than 'released without charge' if they thought there was any chance of that.Montreal Wanderer wrote:[.......he could be re-arrested later if forensic evidence in the car supports the case.
It's susrprising what you can accomplish when the adrenaline rush is coursing through your body. This is a young man in hot pursuit of his first prisoner. His leg could have dropped off and he would have kept going!
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Y'all shoulda taken a leaf out of verbal's book, think he got to the root of the problem. That picture's horrid, though fascinating, should be on paper view. Anyone know if the criminal was British, or was he an ...wait for this....was he an a-xylem seeker?jaffka wrote:this is a bit wooden nowboltonboris wrote:Between us tree, I reckon so toonat_bwfcuk wrote:He probably already twigged that!boltonboris wrote:Already used stickjimbo wrote: I reckon he'll stick to the day job.
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Keep em phloem boys!Prufrock wrote:Y'all shoulda taken a leaf out of verbal's book, think he got to the root of the problem. That picture's horrid, though fascinating, should be on paper view. Anyone know if the criminal was British, or was he an ...wait for this....was he an a-xylem seeker?jaffka wrote:this is a bit wooden nowboltonboris wrote:Between us tree, I reckon so toonat_bwfcuk wrote:He probably already twigged that!boltonboris wrote: Already used stick
You guys are barking up the wrong tree.jimbo wrote:Keep em phloem boys!Prufrock wrote:Y'all shoulda taken a leaf out of verbal's book, think he got to the root of the problem. That picture's horrid, though fascinating, should be on paper view. Anyone know if the criminal was British, or was he an ...wait for this....was he an a-xylem seeker?jaffka wrote:this is a bit wooden nowboltonboris wrote:Between us tree, I reckon so toonat_bwfcuk wrote: He probably already twigged that!
O.k. I will get my hat and coat and leaf now.
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