Invergordon offender left police officer with concussion and was tasered three times
A police constable was savagely attacked and had clumps of her hair pulled out by a man when she and a colleague went to arrest him at his home.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that officers went to Shane Williamson's property in Reid Road, Invergordon, on November 24 last year following a report of a disturbance.
Fiscal depute Susan Love told Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald that the 22-year-old was shouting and swearing, making threats of violence and screamed to the police constables: "I hope your children die."
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As one officer tried to handcuff him, she failed to get both wrists and Williamson lashed out at her, punching her on the mouth.
He repeatedly punched her on the head and kicked her on the body, causing her head to strike a door frame.
Ms Love said: "Her colleague assessed the only way to stop him was via taser. He took an aimed shot at the accused. The initial shot did strike him but it was ineffective.
"He (Williamson) then grabbed her hair, dragged her to the ground and repeatedly struck her face with the handcuffs. A further shot was taken and was effective in stopping him."
The court heard that Williamson still managed to punch the officer again in the face and pulled a clump of her hair out of her head before trying to bite her on her head.
A third taser shot was required before the handcuffs were applied but Williamson continued to shout and swear and spit at the constables.
The female constable was once more the target as Williamson managed to bite her on the hand as she placed a spit hood over his head.
A subsequent CT scan showed that, as well as being battered, bruised and bleeding, she sustained a concussion in the attack.
Ms Love said more police arrived and as Williamson was being taken downstairs to be placed in a van he kicked an officer on the back in an attempt to make him fall down the stairs though an officer managed to grab a bannister to prevent this from happening.
Williamson admitted charges of assault to severe injury, assault and threatening behaviour.
Sheriff Macdonald deferred sentence until December 3 for a background report to examine all options and defence solicitor David Patterson reserved his comments in mitigation until then.
However he conceded that the charges were serious and that his client was facing a jail sentence.
Sheriff Macdonald told Williamson, whose bail was continued: "You have managed to get yourself in a whole heap of trouble."