Robber jailed for life for stabbing police officers in London's West End
Mohamed Rahman must serve a minimum of 20 years
A robber has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years after stabbing two officers in London's West End following a police pursuit.
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.
Both officers suffered serious injuries.
They had pursued Rahman after a member of the pubic approached them in Leicester Square, having just been robbed of a phone powerbank in nearby Shaftesbury Avenue.
Rahman, of Notting Hill, west London, was convicted in October after a trial at Kingston Crown Court of the attempted murder of Pc Gerrard and grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent against Pc Mulhall.
The court heard Rahman targeted "where the Met (stab) vest did not provide protection".
He was also convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Pc Richard Ulla, two counts of threatening a person in a public place with a bladed article against two other officers and possession of a bladed article.
Rahman was further found guilty of robbing a member of the public.
He was given a minimum term of 20 years, minus the 449 days he has already spent on remand.