Crazed thug left battered PC fearing he would die

ATHUG battered a police officer with his own baton and bit his ear leaving the constable fearing he was going to be killed.

- By Grant McCabe

Darren Davies turned on PC Iain O’Donnell in darkened woods in Leslie, Fife last September 10.

The crazed 34 year-old launched the brutal attack despite a police dog sinking its teeth into Davies.

The assault only ended when a badly wounded PC O’Donnell was able discharge incapacitant spray into his eyes — although Davies still later went on to kick another officer.

He is now behind bars after he admitted his guilt during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.

Davies had fled a house after an argument with a woman there had led to police being called.

PC O’Donnell — a trained dog handler — went on to find Davies in a desolate area of nearby woods.