A thug who stabbed a police dog and its handler after knifing his own father in the stomach was jailed for five years yesterday.Jobless Asher Picort, 21, stabbed his father Robert, 47, several times at his family home in Ipswich, Suffolk, before fleeing the scene on October 25.
Police attempted to arrest him shortly afterwards but Picort refused to stand down despite being Tasered and sprayed with PAVA capacitance spray.
A police dog called Aman then tried to disarm Picort but Ipswich Crown Court heard how he repeatedly stabbed the animal in the shoulder.
Suffolk police dog handler PC Steve Jay, 52, stepped in to try and protect Aman but was then also stabbed in the shoulder and arm by Picort.
Picort pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding of his father Robert Picort, grievous bodily harm with intent of PC Steve Jay, and criminal damage to police dog Aman. read More
