A father and son have been jailed for a brutal assault on a police officer who intervened to stop them attacking another man in Hereford. Richard Quinn, 49, and his son Alex, 20, were sentenced at Hereford Crown Court on Friday after being convicted of assault causing grievous bodily harm.
CCTV footage captured the moment PC Ryan Davis, who was in plain clothes, stepped in to protect a man being repeatedly punched on Union Street on March 29, 2024. The Quinns quickly turned on the officer, repeatedly stamping on him and strangling him on the ground.
PC Davis suffered a dislocated and broken ankle, broken lower leg, multiple fractures, and facial lacerations including damage to an eye. He has since been diagnosed with PTSD and said he no longer recognises the person he was before the attack.
Richard Quinn was jailed for four years and three months, while Alex Quinn received three years and ten months in a young offenders' institute. Richard's wife, Carolynn, was also convicted of two counts of assault of an emergency worker for attacking PC Davis's colleagues.
In a statement after the sentencing, PC Davis said: 'While I am pleased that justice has been handed out today, I have already been serving my sentence, having spent the past 21 months recovering from this cowardly and brutal attack.' He added that the perpetrators showed no remorse and that he has suffered recurrent flashbacks.
