A man who broke a police officer’s jaw, eye socket and cheekbone during a routine traffic stop has been jailed for more than four years.
Tyler McQuarrie, of Baxter Road, Watford, admitted grievous bodily harm and a string of drugs offences at St Albans Crown Court on Thursday.
Hertfordshire Police said the 26-year-old punched the officer in an unprovoked incident when he was stopped at Hornhill Road, Maple Cross, on 21 October last year. He was arrested in Luton the next day.
The officer’s life has been changed “physically, mentally and professionally”, the Police Federation said after the case.
