A police officer was injured after arresting a man wielding an axe in Sydney's south-west yesterday.
About 9.10pm (Thursday 7 January 2021), officers from Liverpool City Police Area Command were patrolling Wianamatta Drive at Cartwright, when they saw a man carrying a long-handled axe.
Police stopped the man and arrested him, and as he was being handcuffed, he managed to break free from the officer's grip and ran off towards a nearby laneway.
As officers caught up with the man, he allegedly struck one of them in the head a number of times, causing lacerations to the back of the officer's head.
The man was arrested and later taken to Liverpool hospital for treatment for a facial laceration.
Following his release from hospital, the 30-year-old man was taken to Liverpool Police Station and with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of a knife, escape lawful custody, resist arrest and intimidate police officer in the execution of duty.
The man was refused bail and will appear before Parramatta Local Court today (Friday 8 January 2021).
