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Tristan Kirk

Woman guilty of stabbing Metropolitan Police officer in neck during arrest

A high-flying pharmaceutical consultant has been convicted of causing grievous bodily harm after she stabbed a Metropolitan Police officer in the neck when he tried to arrest her.

Venice Burgess, 32, attacked PC Ryan Spaul with a knife during a breakdown at her home in Lewisham, in an episode which began with her cutting up her lodger’s clothes.

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