A police officer broke down in a restaurant while having a meal with his wife and child after picking up a glass bottle triggered him to have a panic attack.
PC Ian Hide had to leave the eatery following the incident, which came after he was involved in a terrifying knife attack. This saw drunken thug Thomas McComish attempt to stab his Merseyside Police colleague, whose life was saved when the blows were deflected by his handcuffs.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Friday, that Lola Green and Shaun Brennan were standing at a bus stop on Parr Street in St Helens shortly before 9.30pm on December 5 last year when they were approached by McComish, who shouted "you daft b****" at them. Anthony O'Donohoe, prosecuting, described how they initially ignored McComish but then noticed he was carrying a knife in his right hand and a bottle in his left and ran away fearing they would be attacked.
