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| Portsmouth police officer stabbing: Drug dealer jailed for 16 years | Portsmouth police officer stabbing: Drug dealer jailed for 16 years |
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| A drug dealer has been jailed for stabbing a police officer who tried to apprehend him in a park in Portsmouth. | A drug dealer has been jailed for stabbing a police officer who tried to apprehend him in a park in Portsmouth. |
| PC Russell Turner, 56, suffered a collapsed lung after being stabbed twice by Michael Enzanga in February. | PC Russell Turner, 56, suffered a collapsed lung after being stabbed twice by Michael Enzanga in February. |
| Enzanga, 20 was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a knife and drugs offences following a trial in August. | Enzanga, 20 was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a knife and drugs offences following a trial in August. |
| He was jailed for 16 years and ordered serve at least two thirds before consideration for parole. | He was jailed for 16 years and ordered serve at least two thirds before consideration for parole. |
| Prosecutor Dale Sullivan said the case was made more serious because the stabbing took place near to a nursery, and because it was against a police officer. | |
| In an emotional statement, PC Turner told the court on Wednesday he felt anger towards Enzanga for leaving him lying in his "own blood". | |
| "Most of all I can never forgive him for the upset, pain and emotional trauma he caused my family," said PC Turner. | |
| 'Thinking all sorts' | |
| "On the day I was stabbed my wife was at home and my sergeant knocked on the door and told her what happened. | |
| "During that half hour car journey her mind was thinking all sorts, wondering if I was going to live." | |
| A father-of-two, PC Turner was not able to return to work for 10 weeks and has now left Hampshire Constabulary. | |
| During the trial jurors heard how PC Turner was stabbed during a "full-on fight" with Enzanga while investigating reports of drug dealing in Stamshaw Park. | During the trial jurors heard how PC Turner was stabbed during a "full-on fight" with Enzanga while investigating reports of drug dealing in Stamshaw Park. |
| The plain clothes officer got out his warrant card out and identified his colleague and himself as police officers when Enzanga tried to run away and the struggle broke out. | |
| 'Hiding under tarpaulin' | |
| His colleague PC Clare Parry broke down in tears as she described Enzanga as like a "caged animal fighting for his life". | His colleague PC Clare Parry broke down in tears as she described Enzanga as like a "caged animal fighting for his life". |
| After the stabbing, Enzanga fled in the direction of a block of flats but was seen by members of the public and on CCTV carrying a knife before being Tasered by officers. | After the stabbing, Enzanga fled in the direction of a block of flats but was seen by members of the public and on CCTV carrying a knife before being Tasered by officers. |
| He was eventually found hiding under a tarpaulin in a back garden with the barbs from the Taser still lodged in his back. | He was eventually found hiding under a tarpaulin in a back garden with the barbs from the Taser still lodged in his back. |
| Enzanga, of Ashfield Road, Tottenham, was also convicted of four charges of possessing crack cocaine and diamorphine (heroin) with intent to supply, and a charge of possessing criminal property in the form of £1,000 in cash. |