Bristol man jailed for racially abusing and attacking police officers

A man has been jailed after attacking and racially abusing a police officer in Bristol.

Alexander Beckford, 45, pushed an on-duty police officer on 13 September 2019, leaving him needing hospital treatment for a knee and head injury.

Beckford was arrested where it happened - on Perry Street - before racially abusing a second officer.

He also kicked and tried to bite a third officer when he was in police custody.

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He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm, racial abuse and assaulting a police officer at Bristol Crown Court on 14 January.

He has been given a 60-week prison sentence and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £149.

Detective Constable Mike Coleman from Avon and Somerset Police said: