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A naked man sank his teeth into female cop during a cocaine-fuelled rampage.

Ross Ferris, 26, left Renfrewshire officer Alison Laughlan with a traumatising three-week wait for blood-borne infections after savagely attacking her during a bout of drug-induced paranoia.

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Ferris had been indulging in a binge of the Class-A drug when he flipped out at his parents’ home in Erskine.

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Paisley Sheriff Court heard when officers attended at the address at Hopeman, in the town, he emerged at the door wearing only a towel, which fell off when he legged down the street with cops in hot pursuit.

Procurator Fiscal Depute Ziad Ul-Hassan told the court: “Officers were instructed to attend the address.

“Upon their attendance they observed the accused. He was naked. They were concerned about his demeanour and his behaviour.

“They attempted to speak to him.

“He ran off and the police pursued him. He ran away from the officers. “He was shouting at them.

“Eventually police officers caught up and managed to detain him.”

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Ferris struggled and lashed out at cops as they tried to handcuff him and place him under arrest.

PC Laughlan attempted to use her mace spray and used her baton on the back of his legs, when he attacked her.

The prosecutor added: “He lashed out at her causing the baton to fall to the ground. He lunged forward biting her on the left forearm with significant force. He maintained pressure on her arm.”

The court heard her police colleague summoned reinforcements to help tackle Ferris.

She eventually managed to wrench her arm free from his jaws, when he attempted to bite another cop.

Ferris who was cuffed and placed in a cell van began shouting: “F*** off you c****” at police and claimed he hadn’t been doing anything wrong.

The proceedings were told Ferris then attempted to bite a third police officer while in custody at Greenock Police Sation, following the incident which took place on November 23, last year.

Ferris’ attack punctured PC Laughlan’s skin, leaving his teeth marks, causing bleeding and severe bruising.

Her wound was cleaned at hospital. She was given a tetanus jab, a hepatitis vaccine, and a 21-day course of antibiotics following the attack.

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He appeared in the dock before Sheriff Suhkwinder Gill where he pleaded guilty to charges of assault to injury against PC Laughlan by biting her and assaulting two other officers, Frazer Cambridge and James Gunn, by attempting to bite them too.

He also admitted a charge of public disorder in which he shouted and made threats against police.

His defence agent said: “Against his better judgement he had consumed a quantity of cocaine and returned to his parents’ house.

“While there he was overtaken by feelings of paranoia, which led to the involvement of police.

“He attended the front door wearing a towel, officers came to the house and gave chase. The towel fell from his waist when he was out in the street.”

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The lawyer added electrical engineering supervisor Ferris, now staying at a new address in Fife, believed the officers “were not the real police” and reacted badly as a result of the drugs.

Sheriff James Spy told him: “Assaulting police officers in the execution of their duty is a very serious offence which could easily result in a custodial sentence.”

However he spared him jail by handing him 300 hours of unpaid work, the maximum amount, to be completed within 12 months, as an alternative to custody.

He also warned Ferris any failure to complete the order and he will be jailed for one year.