Man caught on video chucking boiling water over police officer during arrest

John Davies, 58, admitted assaulting two police officers and a member of the public at his Winson Green home

This is the disturbing footage showing a brutal thug launching an attack on police officers – punching one before dousing another with scalding water as they attempted to arrest him at his Birmingham property.

Two constables responded to reports of a disturbance at John Davies’ residence in Winson Green, where they discovered him trapping another individual against his garden fence.

When the officers separated the pair, the second man alerted them that Davies was armed with a knife.

The 58 year old denied possessing a blade before hurling the contents of a hot beverage he had prepared into the face of his opponent.

Davies then struck one constable in the face before seizing his freshly-boiled kettle and emptying its contents over the other officer, reports Birmingham Live.

The female constable who was drenched with the boiling water sustained blistering across her shoulders, back and neck following the assault.

She could be heard informing her fellow officers: “I need an ambo. I’ve been scalded with a kettle.”

Davies was apprehended and charged with the offences.

He subsequently pleaded guilty to maliciously wounding the PC he scalded with intent to resist arrest, assaulting the officer he struck, and assaulting the individual involved in the dispute.

Davies, of Talbot Street, Winson Green, received a 14-and-a-half-year sentence at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, June 26.

An extended licence period of four years was also imposed.

Det Con Manpreet Sidhu, from West Midlands Police’s neighbourhood team in Bournville, said: “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.

“I hope the sentence delivered to Davies provides some justice for those involved. This will have a lasting impact on the officers but Davies is where he firmly belongs – in prison.”

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