Robber given life sentence after stabbing two police officers in central London - Both officers experienced enduring pain and extensive changes to their lives after the incident, the court heard.

Mohammed Rahman, 24, knifed a male constable in the neck and chest and a female officer in the arm in Leicester Square.

He spoke to BBC London ahead of the sentencing of his attacker Mohammed Rahman for attempted murder. At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, 25-year-old Rahman was jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.

A police officer who was stabbed five times has told the BBC that he thought he was going to die. The attack on PC Joe Gerrard in central London punctured a lung and left him unable to work for about a year.

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing two police officers in the West End. Mohamed Rahman, 25, knifed police constable Joseph Gerrard in the neck and chest and PC Alannah Mulhall in the arm early on September 16 last year while intoxicated.

This is the moment police tackle a man armed with a knife before two Met Police officers are stabbed in London’s Leicester Square. Mohamed Rahman, 25, stabbed PC Joseph Gerrard in the head, arm, and chest and PC Alannah Mulhall in the arm early on September 16 last year.

A robber has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years after stabbing two officers during a police pursuit in London's West End.