Five year jail term for man who cut officers throat condemned

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Five year jail term for man who cut officer's throat condemned

Frontline officers have condemned the five year jail term for a man who cut an officer's throat.

Jailed: Gray was sentenced to five years after admitting knifing an officer

Date - 13th January 2022
By - Chris Smith

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Cleveland officers have reacted with anger at the five-year sentence handed down to a man for a horrifying knife attack. Aaron Gray, 31, changed his plea at the last minute and admitted violently assaulting a PC in Middlesbrough last year –...

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