A violent shoplifter who attacked police officers, taking one's Taser and aiming it at him in the process, at the Metrocentre has been jailed.
Officers from Northumbria Police responded to a report from staff of a man shoplifting at the Metrocentre in Gateshead on July 29, 2021. At the scene, they found thief David Noutch, who resisted arrest, managing to remove a Taser from one officer before aiming it at him.
Another officer and three members of the public managed to help subdue Noutch so that he could be arrested. Both officers involved in the arrest suffered injuries but ,thankfully, made a full recovery.
