WATCH: Thug spits blood into police officer's eye during West Midlands arrest

Temisan Oritsejafor, who was on bail for assaulting another officer weeks earlier, spat in the West Midlands Police officer's face while being arrested after disorder at a block of flats.

Oritsejafor was being cuffed on the floor of a corridor in the flats when he turned and spat at Pc Annie Napier, with the bloody spit going into her eye.

WATCH video footage of the incident here:

Bodycam footage from another officer's camera has now been released showing how the incident unfolded in Coventry on April 18.

In the video, fellow officers manage to restrain Oritsejafor as Pc Napier is left visibly upset.

However she has suffered no ill health and remains on active duty on the front line.

Pc Napier said: "As frontline officers, we know that we put ourselves in potential danger, but we now face the added risk of Covid-19 infection which then also puts our families at risk.

"It’s a shock when someone spits in your face and very unpleasant, so I’m pleased the force and the courts take these assaults so seriously."

Superintendent Jenny Skryme added: "It is vulgar and unacceptable to spit at anybody, but even more so a key worker who is putting themselves at risk to keep people safe and catch criminals.

"Our officers are bravely and repeatedly on the frontline despite the understandable safety concerns across the country. This type of assault on our staff is deplorable and shouldn’t, and won’t be, tolerated."

Oritsejafor was arrested in Attoxhall Road, Wyken, and has now pleaded guilty to two counts of assault on an emergency worker, and a further charge of assault.

The 41-year-old, of Attoxhall Road, has been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing at Warwick Crown Court at a later date.