A police officer heard a “scream of anguish” as his colleague was stabbed multiple times in the head, face and neck by a suspected flasher who was resisting arrest.

PC Ashley Bates told the jury she was left traumatized after being greeted by a “horrific” bloody scene as she went to help PC Sean Quinn during the alleged scissor attack by a naked Robert Jenner.

The two officers from the Kent force had attended the 50-year-old’s home in Maidstone on June 15 last year after learning that a man matching his description had been seen running “completely naked” that evening in nearby Mote Park.

But when they arrived, the abusive and aggressive Jenner repeatedly refused to open the door to her Albion Place apartment, barricading it from the inside with an upturned sofa.

The door had to be forced open and PAVA spray was deployed twice before officers, along with two other officers called to the property, were able to access the hallway.

But it was after PC Quinn followed Jenner into a kitchen and living room – with the door closed behind them – that the alleged murder bid was launched, Maidstone Crown Court heard.

Giving evidence today (December 4), the second day of Jenner’s trial, PC Bates described him as being “pretty anti-police” in the five years she knew him.

Reliving the moment when he allegedly tried to kill his colleague, the policewoman became upset when she told the court: “I heard, and I will never forget it, a cry of anguish.

“I couldn’t tell who it was. Being an older lady and questioning my flexibility, I shouted to PC (Luke) Isaacs and PC (Sophie) Groves ‘Come on, come on, come on!’ Something serious was happening in this room.”

After describing how they climbed onto the sofa to enter the room, PC Bates continued: “They (PC Quinn and Jenner) were on the floor. They appeared to be hugging each other with their stomachs against each other. the back.

“Mr Jenner was inside PC Quinn. He had his back to PC Quinn’s chest…PC Quinn is wearing black leather gloves and he had his hands on top of Mr Jenner’s hand .

“In the middle of those gloves, Mr. Jenner’s hand was a blade. I thought it was a blade.

“PC Quinn was on his left side and I looked down and his head was just covered in blood. There was a pool of blood running down the back of his head. It was horrible.

“PC Isaacs appeared to be in front of PC Quinn and Mr Jenner. PC Isaacs was saying let go of the scissors and was trying to release the hold, Mr Jenner’s hold.

“I got down on my knees and I used force and I hit the back of Mr. Jenner’s head, the bony part of his head, and I hit him as hard as I could to make him let go of these scissors, this blade.”

PC Bates told the jury she delivered up to six shots before Jenner dropped the gun, saying “Alright, alright.”

She then turned her attention to PC Quinn, who she described as being “in a bad state” with a large gash on his forehead and a puncture wound to his right wrist.

Using a towel to stop the blood “flowing” from his wrist, PC Bates also applied “very strong” pressure to the head wound which exposed his skull.

The court previously heard the officer suffered up to 23 injuries, including 19 to his face, head and neck, which could have been fatal if a major artery had been hit.

He was wearing a bulletproof vest at the time and it is alleged that Jenner deliberately pointed the scissor blades at unprotected areas of his body “in an attempt to end PC Quinn’s life”, said prosecutor Daniel Stevenson.

Jenner, who chose not to attend his trial, denies attempted murder and the alternative, less serious offense of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

He claims he acted in self-defense against what he believed to be an unlawful arrest or illegal entry into his apartment.

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Under cross-examination by her barrister Christopher Jeyes, PC Bates argued that she and her colleagues had acted professionally that evening and that forced entry and arrest was necessary.

Denying they were all “annoyed and frustrated” with Jenner, she said she made the decision to arrest him because she knew he was “a high-risk sex offender” and she suspected reasonably that he was the man who had been seen exposing himself in the park.

Additionally, PC Bates said the door had to be forced open due to his lack of cooperation and the PAVA spray deployed to “weaken” him.

“I was there to stop him, to protect the people of Kent, especially women and girls,” she told the jury.

“Bored and frustrated? I don’t think so. When I was begging him at the door to open it, it wasn’t ‘bored and frustrated’.”

But PC Bates agreed with Mr Jeyes that, although Jenner had obstructed their arrival, he had not been violent towards them before the alleged murder bid.

The court heard the scissors used had a blade of up to 9cm in length, with smooth edges and two bottle opener components, one of which resembled a hook.

But pathologist Dr Virginia Fitzpatrick-Swallow said the fact that the tips of the blades were blunt indicated it would take more force to penetrate the skin than the same wounds caused by a sharp or pointed weapon.

PC Quinn’s injuries – 19 above the neckline and four to his right arm – were described as having been inflicted with moderate to severe force.

The one directly on his forehead has been described as “the most graphic.”

It was bulky, all the way to the bone, likely caused by the scissor blades being partially or fully open and “on the edge” of moderate to severe force.

Dr Fitzpatrick-Swallow explained that this could not be considered a serious force in pathological terms because the weapon did not penetrate or damage the skull bone.

Two of his arm wounds were “deep and penetrating” and may have been defensive wounds, including one caused by the bottle opener’s hook.

Asked about the potential consequences if a major artery or vein was “nicked, severed or penetrated”, the pathologist said such injuries occurring outside of a hospital setting and without prompt medical intervention could prove fatal.

But she added that although no significant vascular injury was caused to the constable, a penetration of only “a few centimeters” was required to reach the jugular vein.

The court heard that although 23 injuries were sustained, that did not mean there were 23 separate blows as more than one injury at a time could have been caused by a single movement.

It has also been said that in determining the degree of force used, factors such as the movement of the parties involved or any clothing worn thicker than the fabric of a t-shirt are not taken into account.

The trial continues.