A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was attacked with an axe on the Dickens Esate in Bermondsey yesterday (Sunday 1 March).
Emergency response officers from the Central South command unit went to an address in the Dickens Estate, on Marine Street at 3:21pm yesterday ‘in connection with an ongoing investigation’.
Police said that when they attended the property two officers were bitten by a dog. One of the officers was also attacked by a man armed with axes.
A man in his 40s was Tasered by officers at the scene and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
A dog, believed to be a Cane Corso breed, was seized and taken to police kennels.
Police said that two of the officers suffered injuries caused by an axe and the dog, and were taken to hospital.
Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing and they have since been discharged from hospital.
Police added that a third officer suffered a minor injury which did not require further treatment.
Stephen Coombes, 43, of Marine Street, Bermondsey, has been charged with:
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- Attempted murder
- Being in charge of a dog that caused injury while dangerously out of control
- A racially aggravated Public Order Act offence
- Harassment to put in fear of violence.
He was expected to appear at Croydon Magistrates’ Court this afternoon – Monday, 2 March.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 3.24pm yesterday (1 March) to reports of an assault on the Dickens Estate.
“We sent an ambulance crew, two paramedics in fast response cars, an incident response officer and a member of our Tactical Response Unit to the scene.
“We treated two patients at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre.”
