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The hero police officer who was stabbed in the head with a machete is preparing to return to work just weeks after the attack.

PC Stuart Outten, 29, insisted he is “not brave” and plans to return to front line duty next month after he was knifed in Leyton, east London, on August 8.

The officer, 29, told the Evening Standard: “I wouldn’t consider myself as brave. I dealt with the incident.

"If it escalates, I go with it ... I’ve been looking after Londoners for the past 10 years and I’m going back out there doing it all again, hopefully not the same way this one happened.”

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PC Outten was struck in the head and left hand with a foot-long blade during a traffic stop to check for insurance.

He managed to Taser and arrest a suspect despite his injuries.

A shocking video showed him pin the attacker to the ground while shouting: “Help I've been stabbed.”

The officer says that he is determined to come back to work in Waltham Forest on November 12.

His girlfriend PC Lizzie Mathews, raced to the scene after the incident was broadcast over police radio.

PC Outten was taken to hospital in a critical condition and recovered following surgery.

He said: “The incident in question, it’s my job. I’m not putting it down, or playing it up, it was a routine traffic stop.

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"Ideally, that night would have played out with the vehicle stopped, I’d find out whether he had insurance and seized the vehicle. I would have carried on with the night shift.”

Along with scarring to his head, PC Outten damaged ligaments in his hand and has only just been able to clench his fist.

He added: “Everyone just wants to go about their business and not be bothered. And that’s what I want, you want to go to work, to the park, to the shops, wherever they want, without being scared or worried.

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“You can go down the street and nobody’s going to take your wallet or purse. I’m always in the background making sure everyone’s just happy.”

Muhammad Rodwan, 56, from Luton, is charged with the attempted murder of the officer, who is from Grays in Essex.

Mr Rodwan denies the charge, along with one of possessing a machete and is scheduled to face trial at the Old Bailey.