Port of Dover policeman knifed in leg
A PORT of Dover police officer has been stabbed in the leg.
The incident happened when officers were called to P&O ferry the Pride of Calais at 1.50pm yesterday.
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Port of Dover Police on routine rounds
They were responding to reports of threatening behaviour by two passengers as the craft arrived at Dover's Eastern Docks.
While officers investigated one, a police constable, was stabbed in the thigh.
The 41-year-old was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford and was later released after treatment.
He is now recovering at home.
A Port police spokesman said: "It is too early to say how long he will be off duty. Fortunately his injury does not appear to be life-changing."
*Michel Berman, a 61 year-old French national, was arrested at the scene and has subsequently been charged with causing Grievous Bodily Harm to Police Constable Andrew Atkinson with intent;Assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm to Nigel Davies from P&O Ferries and Possession of a pointed bladed article in a public place.
Berman is due to appear before Folkestone Magistrates Court today.
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