Sydney officer Jesse Swain wrestled with ice addict to get back police gun
Heartbreaking moment ice addict grabs gun from cop during wild brawl – while cop is praised for staying remarkably calm
- Cop struggles to get gun addict off ice
- Addict snatched it from the officer’s holster
- The police eventually managed to pry it loose
Shocking footage has emerged of a police dog handler engaged in a life-and-death fight with an ice addict who stole the officer’s firearm.
NSW Senior Constable Jesse Swain grabbed Benjamin Patricks hand and tried to hold the gun away as they struggled for control of the weapon in a railway corridor at Sydney Central Station on January 19 last year.
“Let go, let go,” a remarkably calm Senior Constable Swain tells Patricks, who had snatched the gun from the officer’s holster.
Later during the desperate fight, Senior Constable Swain begs his colleagues for help.
NSW Police Officer Jesse Swain wrestles Benjamin Patricks for control of a police gun
“Please help me guys,” he says.
“We will, we will,” they reply.
The fight lasted 30 seconds before Paticks was subdued after being hit on the head with a police radio.
Fortunately, Senior Constable Swain emerged with only a cut to the head.
As he is handcuffed, Patricks can be heard exclaiming, “I’m sorry, Officer, if I hurt you.”
Senior Constable Swain (pictured left) appears outside the Downing Center Local Court after Patricks’ sentencing
The officer climbed three floors of scaffolding behind Sydney Central Station before being confronted by Partricks, who attacked him with a machete and then wrestled his pistol away.
After Senior Constable Swain and other officers pinned down Patricks, they found $40,000 tied to his leg.
On Thursday, Patricks was given a four-year prison sentence by the central court of Downing Center in Sydney over the incident involving a pleased-looking Senior Constable Swain who was seen walking out after the hearing.