Police swoop on knifeman in his bathroom
Police bodycam shows the dramatic moment a thug who knifed an officer in the neck is arrested at gunpoint after he is found hiding in a shower.
Armed cops stormed Jason 's flat shortly after he'd stabbed PC Michael Doyle, 36, with a kitchen knife.
They found - who officers initially tried to arrest for assaulting a neighbour - slumped in an en suite bathroom with his hands in the air.
West Midlands Police today released bodycam footage of his dramatic arrest on December 12, 2017.
Armed officers are seen smashing the door of his flat in Wood End Road, Erdington, in Birmingham, before firing plastic bullets inside.
Cops burst into the apartment shouting: 'Show me your hands now!' while another shouts: 'He's in the shower!'
Another officer confronts who is cowering in the bath behind the shower curtain, telling him: 'Stay calm, as I say, look at me.'
Police then seize the blood-stained knife which was on the floor next to before he is searched and slapped in handcuffs.
Another large, sheathed blade was also discovered on the lounge floor.
, 48, was given an indefinite hospital order at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday after he was found guilty of wounding and assault.
He was found not guilty by a jury on a more serious charge of attempted murder.{{file|t=9Mb9l_1551460931}}