A man who assaulted a police officer after he resisted arrest in Haverhill has been jailed.

Lee Hollands from Haverhill was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency service worker in July and was sentenced to four months in prison. 

The 40-year-old was arrested by police at about 9.40pm on July 15 at Anglian Place in Haverhill, on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle. 

During the arrest Hollands resisted and kicked the police officer and attempted to bite him. 

He was then fuRther arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and possession of 1.6 grams of cannabis. 

Hollands was taken to Bury St Edmunds police investigation centre where he was later charged with assaulting a police officer and possession of a class B drug. 

He was also sentenced to 18 months in prison in total for a number of other offences and ordered to pay £154 in court fees.