A drug-crazed burglar who launched a frenzied knife attack on a paramedic has been jailed for 12 years at the Old Bailey.

Steven Kelly, who was high on a dangerous cocktail of alcohol, crack cocaine and heroin, lashed out at Simon Spencer with a 10-inch blade.

Mr Spencer, 39, was attacked as he responded to a 999 call to a flat in Stoke Newington, north London, in December, where Kelly had broken in and slashed a resident in the face.

Jailing Kelly, 32, of no fixed address, Judge Jeremy Roberts praised the "professional, honourable and courageous" way in which emergency services staff dealt with the "terrifying experience".



You used a large kitchen knife to mount a savage attack on the ambulanceman

Judge Jeremy Roberts