Man jailed for injuring police officer

Clyde Bonavia, 25, was this morning jailed for six months after he admitted to trying to seriously injure a police officer with a blade. He also pleaded guilty to assaulting the officer. The incident happened last August after Mr Bonavia tried to...

Clyde Bonavia, 25, was this morning jailed for six months after he admitted to trying to seriously injure a police officer with a blade.

He also pleaded guilty to assaulting the officer. The incident happened last August after Mr Bonavia tried to injure himself with the blade at Mount Carmel’s forensic unit.

The court heard how Mr Bonavia was suffering from a drug addiction problem and when the police tried to stop him from injuring himself he attacked the police and slightly injured officer George Casha.

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