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This is the heart-stopping footage showing a 'fired up' thug's three-mile reign of terror the police WANT you to see.

Captured on police body-worn camera; from a force helicopter; via dashcam and by CCTV, the video shows the moments leading up to, during and after the harrowing attack on one of their own officers.

Yesterday (October 15), 29-year-old Mubashar Hussain was caged for the crime that shook the police community and left an officer with life-changing injuries.

PC Gareth Phillips - who has worked with West Midlands Police for almost 20 years - suffered multiple pelvic fractures and serious internal injuries in the attack on August 10.

He underwent three rounds of emergency surgery - including a life-saving op - and spent four weeks in hospital.

Now the shocking footage has been released to show the public the dangerous conditions cops can sometimes face.

Dave Thompson, chief constable of West Midlands Police, tweeted: "A horrific incident. Important to see what officers face. Policing is difficult, dangerous, complex and messy. Thank God we have officers who put themselves in harms way to tackle dangerous people."

The footage shows the moment a tasered Hussain overpowered half a dozen police officers before stealing a force vehicle and mowing down PC Philiips.

Hussain, 29, was stopped with his accomplice Ahsan Ghafoor, 24, in a stolen Range Rover Evoque in Moorcroft Rad, Moseley, at around 4.45pm on August 10.

Hussain, who was in the driver’s seat, reverses while Ghafoor throws a brick out of the 4X4 at the approaching officers. The pair are quickly boxed in by marked and unmarked police cars.

The officers point tasers through the open window and order the pair to get out of the Range Rover Evoque.

Bodycam footage then shows Ghafoor, who has blood pouring from a wound in his head, compliant as he is handcuffed and lies down on the ground.

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Hussain writhes around in his seat, trying to remove the taser barbs as officers shout ‘stop being stupid’, do not move’, ‘you’ll get targets on you’.

Despite being tasered and surrounded by officers, Hussain gets out of the driver’s seat and makes a break for the unmarked BMW parked behind the Range Rover, as one says ‘what are you doing?’

The sequence switches to overhead film taken by the force helicopter. The operator is heard on the radio for help saying ‘can Birmingham East Unit please go and assist officers in Moor Park Road, Edgbaston.’

He barges past a group of coppers and jumps into the police BMW.

Half a dozen officers surround the vehicle and try to pull him out but he then slaps the car into reverse before driving away at speed .

Hussain then brutally takes down the officers and crushes PC Phillips’ pelvis, before driving off at nearly 100 mph towards Ladypool Road.

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What followed was a three-mile rampage, with Hussain dangerously weaving in and out of traffic onto the wrong side of the road.

He can be seen reaching dangerous speeds of almost 97mph on the stolen BMW's own dashcam.

At one point, Hussain drives the wrong way across a roundabout, narrowly avoiding a high-speed collision.

Eventually, he dumps the stolen, unmarked cop car and darts into a dessert shop on Ladypool Road where he donned an apron and posed as a member of staff to avoid arrest.

But he failed to dupe officers and the footage ends with armed police ordering Hussain to the ground.

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The harrowing incident left officers 'shell-shocked' - with none of them ever before witnessing such a violent attack on a colleague.

In interview, Hussain apologised and claimed to “feel bad" for what he’d done, suggesting it was “madness" and that he’d “panicked" having been confronted by police.

However, it was revealed Hussain has four previous convictions for dangerous driving and has also been jailed for car theft and conspiring to steal motor vehicles.

Yesterday, at Birmingham Crown Court, he was jailed for 12 years and banned from driving for 13 years.

A victim impact statement on behalf of PC Phillips told how he blacked out at the time but came round in the road to “pain I can’t describe… but pain I had never felt before".

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He added: “I spent two weeks in intensive care and I’m told the first operation was ‘life-saving’. It’s too early to say what my long-term prognosis will be and I’m certainly facing more surgery in the weeks and months to come.

“It is unclear if I will ever be able to return to work - but being a Police Officer is a job that I love. It is something I have done for almost the two decades, and will do everything I can to get back into policing."

West Midlands Police Head of Traffic, Superintendent Dave Twyford, praised the bravery of PC Phillips and his colleagues.

He said: “What Gaz did that day was no different to any other in his 14 years as a traffic cop: he was on the hunt for car thieves and trying to protect the public. It’s a job he’s brilliant at -there are countless criminals who can testify to that - and I’ve heard people say many times how he lives for the job and is a copper through and through.

“What happened on the afternoon of 10 August was nothing short of horrific. Gaz suffered awful injuries. He could have died.

“However, the doctors and staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital did a fantastic job, he’s come through several surgeries and thankfully responded well to treatment. In fact, he’s defied medical predictions with his recovery to date. But it will be long road to recovery, there is no doubt about that, and everyone in West Midlands Police wishes him well in that recovery.

“I’ve spoken to Gaz and he’s very grateful for all the messages of support and goodwill he’s had from members of the public… they helped him through some tough times.

“The incident itself has had a huge emotional impact on all the staff in the department, especially those directly involved. In the hours and days that followed there was a feeling of shell shock; several very experienced officers were in tears having seen their friend and colleague suffering what they feared could be life-threatening injuries. Without exception, none of them had ever witnessed such a violent attack on a colleague.

“We put in place support to help staff who were struggling psychologically with the trauma - and I’d say that in all my years of policing I’ve never known an incident have such a dramatic impact on staff, including myself.

“But despite the awful impact the incident had on our staff I’m proud to say they remained stoic in the face of adversity and worked together to ensure a comprehensive investigation was carried out.

“Hussain has rightly been put behind bars for many years for this deliberate act of grotesque violence against a man whose job it is to protect the public."