The Fish 11080 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Policeman sent on anger management course for swearing at knife-wielding thug who threatened to kill officerBy Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:28 AM on 27th July 2009 <LI class=first>Comments (20) Add to My Stories 'I'm really scared of the police now': Violent Glen Francis threatened to stab officers A man who threatened to stab four police officers in the heart and held a two-hour stand-off is launching legal action because a police sergeant swore at him. The sergeant has been sent to a Management Advice course and Northumbria Police face the threat of a civil action from the 35-year-old thug, who had to be subdued with a Taser gun. When officers arrived at Glen Francis' home to arrest his girlfriend, he erupted in rage and targeted a female officer who was standing guard in his hallway. He hurled a bowl of pasta at her before officers claim he held her captive in his house and threatened to shoot her with a handgun he hid in a cupboard. She escaped, but when back-up arrived, Francis lunged at the officers with a six-inch knife, before the 35-year-old was shot twice with a Taser gun. But he simply pulled the metal barbs from his skin and continued his savage attack. Then he barricaded himself into a room at the address in Ambassador's Way, North Shields, where he used a hammer to smash the walls, and screamed: 'The first copper in here is getting f****** killed, come on, I only want one of you.' After a two-hour stand-off with trained negotiators, armed officers stormed his kitchen and Tasered him a further three times before he was eventually arrested and taken into custody. Francis claimed he was stripped of his clothes and handcuffed on a cell floor. Those allegations have been thrown-out following an investigation by the Northumbria Police Professional Standards Department (PSD). But they substantiated his claim a sergeant was guilty of misconduct because he swore at Francis, and he was ordered to undergo a Management Advice course. Francis, now of Wallsend, North Tyneside, said he was discussing legal action with his solicitor and planned to lodge a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.He said: 'I was a toe-rag when I was younger, but I'm trying to go straight. 'I'm really scared of the police now - I'm like a bag of nerves. 'I want to take legal action because they just get a telling off for what they did. 'It was an insult when I heard how the officer who swore at me got off - it upset me to hear someone say that. 'I've got a hole in my heart and they used a Taser, which could have killed me.' Documents from the PSD state the sergeant was pushed into making an 'inappropriate comment' following Francis' tirade of abuse. It states: 'The police officer openly admits he made the inappropriate comment about Mr Francis after the strip search had been conducted. 'He admits this was unprofessional, although it was never his intention for Mr Francis to hear this comment. 'He stipulates this comment was a result of the violence and abuse from Mr Francis.' Following the incident in February 2008, Francis was charged with offences of false imprisonment, threats to kill and affray. During a trial at Newcastle Crown Court in September he was found guilty of affray and received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. Francis underwent an operation in January to repair his heart, which was defective since birth. A Northumbria Police spokesman said: 'Francis was convicted of affray in court. If any civil action is received it will be considered in the usual manner.' Simon Reed, of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said the case 'typifies the bureaucratic nonsense police officers have to contend with.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 ReverseFoptastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4447 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Should have threatened the twat with acne cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Quality journalism by the Mail there. Just re-gurgitating Saturday's Chronicle. Can you stoop any lower as hack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 ReverseFoptastic! He was obviously raped by a violent thug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 199 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Should have just shot the cunt. end of story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22490 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I would have tazered him in the balls just for being such an ugly gimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Although he should have just claimed self-defence al la Gerrard. What was the "inappropriate comment"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Although he should have just claimed self-defence al la Gerrard. What was the "inappropriate comment"? Copper called him an Armchair Penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7099 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Too good for his ilk tbh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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