Bow stabbing: Violent thug who repeatedly knifed police officer in unprovoked attack faces jail

A violent thug who repeatedly stabbed a plain clothes police officer with in an unprovoked attack is facing a “substantial” jail term.

Andrew Beadie, 22, already had a string of convictions and had just been released on licence when he launched the unprovoked attack in east London.

Minutes before knifing the officer in the stomach, he was caught on CCTV beating up a man near the Bow Bells pub, in Bow Road, on November 22 last year.

A court heard how the thug was unaware of the police officer’s identity and thought he was a drug addict who was out to get him before stabbing them with a “Rambo knife.”

Having accused the officer of looking at his girlfriend, Beadie produced a large knife and repeatedly stabbed him in the abdomen before running off.

The officer suffered three stab wounds, and colleagues administered first aid until paramedics arrived and rushed him to hospital. He has since been discharged.

The jury heard how Beadie was in the company with his partner - a 34-year-old woman - and her two 16-year-old twin sons on the day of the attack.

Beadie, of Claremont Road, Basildon, was cleared of attempted murder but convicted on Friday of assaulting a member of the public and wounding the officer with intent.

At the Old Bailey hearing, Judge Rebecca Poulet QC remanded him in custody and asked for a pre-sentence report to look into whether he should be treated as a dangerous offender.

She said: "I'm really troubled by the randomness and the viciousness of this conduct. His own sister was worried about him.

"I have to say I appreciate the very unhappy start this man had in life, and that is clearly the case, but this was very serious. He is inevitably looking at quite a substantial custodial sentence.

"The defendant was in possession of a large Rambo knife and caused serious injury to a plain clothes police officer and he has been convicted of a much lesser assault of a man in the street just minutes earlier."

The judge adjourned sentencing until June 16.