Horror as female police officer has boiling water thrown over her by evil thug

A police officer was left with life-changing injuries after an “evil” attacker hurled boiling water over her as she tried to arrest him during a violent confrontation. John Davies, 58, has been jailed for 14 years and six months after scalding the female officer with a freshly boiled kettle while officers responded to a disturbance outside his Birmingham home.

Body-worn camera footage released by West Midlands Police captured the terrifying incident, showing officers attempting to restrain Davies before he grabbed the kettle and poured the boiling water over the officer’s shoulders, neck and back. Police had been called to Davies’ home on Talbot Street, Winson Green, after reports of a disturbance in the garden.

When officers arrived they found Davies had another man cornered against a fence. One officer separated the pair before Davies went back inside the property.

The other man then warned officers Davies was carrying a knife. When challenged by police, Davies denied having one. Moments later, Davies threw a hot drink into the face of the man he had been arguing with.

As officers moved in to arrest him, bodycam footage showed Davies punching one officer in the face before escalating the attack even further. He grabbed a recently boiled kettle and emptied the scalding water over a female officer, leaving her with severe blistering across her shoulders, back and neck.

The injured officer required months of recovery before she was able to return to duty. Davies admitted maliciously wounding the police constable with intent to resist arrest, assaulting the officer he punched and assaulting the man involved in the original dispute.

He was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday to 14 years and six months in prison. The judge also imposed an extended licence period of four years.

Detective Constable Manpreet Sidhu, from the Bournville neighbourhood crime team, described the assault as “horrendous,” saying: “This was a horrendous attack on two officers going about their duties. You can see from the footage that Davies put up a struggle and it took many officers to restrain him so that he could be brought into custody.

“One of the officers involved suffered significant injuries and has only recently been able to return to work following this assault.

“No one should have to face this level of violence simply for doing their job and I hope the sentence delivered to Davies provides some justice for those involved.

“This will have a lasting impact on the officers but now Davies is where he firmly belongs – in prison.”

The sentence was also welcomed by the chair of the West Midlands Police Federation, Jess Davies, who said it should serve as a warning to others who attack officers.

She said assaults on police were becoming increasingly common, adding that 86 officers are assaulted every day across the UK.

Calling for greater investment in policing, better pay and stronger support for frontline officers facing growing levels of violence, she said: “Police officers are not society’s punchbags.”