Lancashire Police officer PC Ashley Aspinall suffered bruising to brain after being assaulted in Blackpool
As a result of being knocked to the ground by defendant Ian Scott, PC Ashley Aspinall suffered a serious head injury, including bruising to the brain.
At one point his distraught colleagues thought Ashley might die at the scene.
At one point his distraught colleagues thought Ashley might die at the scene.
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00:00Hello I'm Live Reporter Matthew and I'm bringing you a video from Lancashire Police which shows
00:06distressing footage of officers working on the front line. In particular it's about
00:10PC Ashley Aspinall who was seriously assaulted in Blackpool in 2023. As a result of being
00:17knocked to the ground, PC Aspinall suffered a serious head injury including bruising to
00:21the brain. At one point his distraught colleagues thought Ashley might die at the scene. He
00:27ends up being in hospital for 11 days and it was a further 4 months before he was able
00:31to return to the job he loves. A warning it does contain some graphic images this video
00:37but it's a real eye opener showing you the risks, the dangers that our officers in Lancashire
00:43put themselves in each and every day to protect us the public.
01:13It's alright, you've got Nick, you've got Benedict, you've got Lisa and I'm with you yeah. I'll be with you, I'm not leaving you.
01:44I can't even describe into words the pain and I just remember just lying on the floor
01:50and just this instant just this feeling at the back of my head and I just remember thinking
01:56I was lying in like a puddle or something and I was looking around like I don't remember
02:00it raining and it was only since I touched the back of my head and from the tip of my
02:05finger to my palm was just was just pink in blood and I just don't understand how I got
02:10there and I just remember just pressing my emergency button just seeing black and just
02:14going unconscious basically. Being a police officer now for 5 and a half years and I'm
02:18more than aware that you know risk and things can change you know a click of your fingers
02:22a drop of a hat and I just I think I just wasn't expecting that risk just to escalate
02:27so quickly. You know police officers get assaulted unfortunately but you know I've been bitten,
02:35punched, slapped, kicked but I think this was just a different form of level of assault
02:41to the point where I just genuinely didn't know if I was going to be able to get back up.
02:46I just recall at that point thinking sorry.
02:55I just recall just remembering if I was ever going to see my daughter again.
03:04Ash the ambulance is here. Ash stay with us.
03:07Keep squeezing my hand. There's more cops here mate. Alright keep squeezing. Ash squeeze
03:13my hand. Keep squeezing my hand mate. You keep squeezing my hand. Don't stop squeezing my
03:20hand.
03:21She was barely one at the time. My wife was going through serious postnatal depression.
03:28She was very ill and my daughter's got learning difficulties or she's barely walking, she's
03:37non-verbal and obviously I've got all that stress at home but I love my job. I absolutely
03:43love my job. I come to work every day and I want to go to work every day and I enjoy
03:47getting up in the morning because I understand that you know there's people out there that
03:52need our help.
03:57I love my job.
04:27I love my job.