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A senior police officer has condemned the actions of a drunken thug who attacked a cop and a paramedic as they tried to offer him their help.

Chief Superintendent Sarah Pitt has welcomed the custodial sentence handed to Martin Pace after he violently assaulted the emergency workers.

Police and paramedics had been called to Summerhill in Sunderland in April after the 35-year-old had been found passed out in the middle of the day.

Upon their arrival he began to regain consciousness but when they attempted to provide him with medical attention he started to behave in an aggressive manner.

Image from bodycam footage of Martin Race being arrested.

PC Luke Baker, who had only been qualified as a police officer for 18 months, soon recognised Pace as someone who had been reported as missing from supported accommodation.

But as he and his colleagues from the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) tried to offer help to an intoxicated Pace, he became abusive and tried to walk away.

Knowing that he couldn’t allow the drunken thug to leave and abuse other members of the public, PC Baker was left with no choice but to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly.

But as he went to apprehend Pace, the thug threw the officer to the ground, climbed on top of him and grabbed his hair as shocked residents watched on.

Shocking footage shows drunken Sunderland man abusing emergency workers trying to help him