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A "completely naked" woman smashed a police officer’s head into a mirror and pulled out clumps of her hair when she asked her to put some clothes on.

Liza Williams shattered the mirror as she slammed PC Michaela Beck’s head into the glass and punched her colleague PC Alison Thomas before bashing her head against a heated oven.

“I’m just thankful I didn’t have any visible injuries to my face because I have a little boy and I wouldn’t want him to see such things,” said PC Beck in a statement read out at Cardiff Crown Court.

The officers were called to a property in Edward Street in Bridgend at around 10pm on October 26 last year following reports of a woman refusing to leave her ex-partner’s home.

In his 999 call the man reported Williams was being violent and warned the call handler she was likely to “kick off”.

“I went to that call with the intention of protecting people and preventing crime,” said PC Beck, who had to have 14 days off work due to her injuries following the assault.

Nuhu Gobir, prosecuting, said the officers knocked and entered the property, finding Williams “completely naked” outside the bathroom.

“I could not have been more reasonable,” said PC Beck. “I asked her a number of times to clothe herself for her dignity.

“But she would not listen to reason. She refused my offer of at least a towel to cover her up and instead I was met by aggression.”

The court heard PC Beck asked the defendant to get dressed and then passed her a towel before taking hold of her arm.

Mr Gobir said: “The defendant was extremely aggressive and violent towards both officers.”

The court heard Williams shouted and swore at the officers before attacking them in the kitchen and living room.

PC Beck recalled: “I can remember her shouting in a fit of rage: ‘You want more, do you? I’m stronger than both of you.’”

She added Williams appeared to derive “sheer pleasure” from assaulting them both.

Prosecutors said the defendant punched PC Thomas in the face twice before “slamming” her head against an oven – which was switched on – then attacking her on the floor.

“In the five years I’ve been a police officer I have never experienced this level of violence,” said PC Thomas, who was left with injuries including lumps on her forehead and a cut over her eye.

Mr Gobir said: “The defendant slammed PC Beck’s head into a mirror on the living room wall with such force the mirror smashed. She ripped out clumps of her hair.”

In her statement PC Beck said: “During the incident it felt like time stood still. I felt like there would be no end.

“I was hit a number of times to my face. I had my hair held, grabbed and pulled out countless times. I had my head smashed into a mirror with full force.

“I literally went into survival mode and tried to limit the injuries she could inflict on myself and my colleague. The violence towards us was unstoppable.”

The court heard the officers activated an emergency panic button and called for further units to attend.

PC Beck added: “All I kept thinking was: ‘My colleagues will be here soon.’ The feeling of sheer relief when they arrived was immense.”

She said she was there “to do my duty” and, despite her injuries, helped to place Williams in the police vehicle once she had been handcuffed.

Mr Gobir said: “The defendant continued to struggle while the handcuffs were being applied.”

The court heard PC Beck and PC Thomas were taken to the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend where they were treated for concussion, cuts, bruising and swelling.

“The incident left me in shock,” said PC Thomas, who had to miss 19 days of work due to her injuries.

“I’ve been experiencing some very painful and intense headaches,” she said. “I was advised by my GP I had damage to my neck which will take weeks, possibly months, to heal.”

She said she had difficulty sleeping and could not go out with friends as any loud noise aggravated her headaches.

PC Thomas added: “The incident has affected members of my immediate family. When they saw my injuries they became very upset.”

She said her family asked her to consider leaving her job and she questioned whether or not she wanted to continue in her role.

“I did not become a police officer to be assaulted,” she added. “I wanted to help people. I understand not everyone wants our help.

“But I do not feel that the level of violence shown to myself or my colleague was justified.”

PC Thomas said the incident left her “in shock” and she was having counselling sessions.

Her colleague PC Beck also suffered with headaches and struggled to sleep following the attack.

“In the days that followed my body ached,” she recalled. “My joints and muscles ached for over a week. I could not pick up my son or bathe him.”

She said she had to see her family upset following the incident, with her mother and husband questioning why she continues to do the job.

“I come to work to help people,” she explained. “To hopefully make some difference within our society. I do not come to work to be assaulted. Certainly not for no apparent reason.

“I simply cannot comprehend what would compel another human being to act in such a brutal, unrelenting way towards me and my colleague.”

She added: “I have been a response officer for nine years and I am not naive.

“I know that sadly being assaulted at work is perhaps inevitable, some would say expected, yet this does not make it right or acceptable.

“I have been punched and kicked before. I have been spat at and threatened countless times.

“But I will never know why the female reacted in such a hostile way. It was simply incomprehensible to me. This has uncovered the stark reality of what can and sadly does happen.

“I will continue in my role as a response officer. Long-term I will not allow this to affect my potential. I know that I am a capable officer.”

These people were all jailed over the past month:

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In a statement South Wales Police Chief Constable Matt Jukes expressed concern about the level of violence experienced by officers on duty.

When she was interviewed by the police Williams said she had been drinking with friends at The Lounge in Bridgend before going to her former partner’s house.

She told officers she was embarrassed to find herself naked in front of two strangers and “lost it” when one of them grabbed her arm.

Williams, 45, from Rushfield Gardens in Bridgend, admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The court heard she had one previous conviction for battery.

Lucy Crowther, defending, said: “That day, she simply had too much to drink and she utterly lost control of herself.”

The court heard she has sought help for alcohol misuse and is “utterly ashamed” of her behaviour.

In her sentencing remarks Judge Eleri Rees said: “It should never be thought that being assaulted is somehow part of the job description of a police officer.”

She noted the violence was sustained against both police officers and jailed Williams for 12 months.

A spokeswoman for South Wales Police said: “A police officer’s duty is to protect the public and we accept that conflict comes with that duty.

“We arrest people in order to protect others from harm. However no officer comes to work to be assaulted or spat at and this behaviour cannot be tolerated.

“Each incident of assault is investigated thoroughly and we urge the public to get in touch if they witness this type of behaviour taking place.”