A DRUNK thug who attacked a truck driver and smashed an off-duty police officer in the face with a brick during a crime spree has been jailed for five years.

Warren James Punch, 26, says he drank about six litres of cask wine before going on a rampage at a Roleystone shopping centre with Tyrone Marcus Lee Collard, 24, and a juvenile in May last year.

The trio tried to break into a bank and a petrol station, smashed the windscreen of a fuel truck, threw chunks of concrete at the driver and broke into a bakery.

When an off-duty police officer heard an alarm and chased the men, Punch threw a brick at his face then stole his phone when he was on the ground.

District Court Judge Simon Stone jailed Punch over a string of crimes, including doing grievous bodily harm, and sentenced Collard to three years in prison.

He said the fact the men were intoxicated may explain some of their actions but could not excuse them.

The police officer was taken to hospital with chipped teeth and a fractured eye socket, jaw and nose.

When he was interviewed after his arrest, Punch blamed the victim for his injuries.

“It wasn’t my fault he ran into the brick when I threw it at him, he could have dodged it,” he said.

In his witness statement, the officer said he told the men they were under arrest and the next thing he remembered was speaking to police.

“I felt pain through my whole face,” he said. “There was blood pouring from my face.”

Collard committed the crimes just five days after he was released from jail for other offences, including aggravated burglary.

The court was told both men had deprived and disadvantaged childhoods.

Their sentences were backdated to May last year and they were made eligible for parole.