A TWENTY-stone man ripped taser wires from his body and carried on attacking police.

Blackburn magistrates heard Ausamah Arfan was repeatedly pepper-sprayed and tasered twice as officers tried to arrest him.

The second time he was hit with the electronic stun gun he staggered back before ripping out the wires and continuing to attack two PCs who struck him with their batons.

The court was told the incident attracted a crowd and at one stage about 30 people formed a human barrier around Arfan to prevent his arrest.

Arfan, 25, of Wimberley Street, Blackburn, was convicted after trial of assaulting PC Mathew St Pierre and PC Lee Butterworth with intent to resist arrest.

He was jailed for 16 weeks by the magistrates who said there had been an intention to cause more serious injuries than actually resulted.

Catherine Allan, prosecuting, read statements from both officers who attended a report of a domestic incident at The Larches in Blackburn.

She said when they arrived Arfan approached the officers and asked if they were firearms officers which they thought was strange.

“A window had been broken but he appeared intent on stopping the officers from approaching the property to speak to the occupant,” said Miss Allan. “When they told him he was being arrested for criminal damage he said he could not be arrested.”

PC St Pierre, who tried to handcuff Arfan said he weighed about 20 stone and very powerful.

He pushed the officer away and punched him despite being hit in the face with pepper spray.

PC Butterworth discharged the taser but Arfan continued to struggle. He grabbed PC St Pierre and repeatedly punched him as he held his head down.

Arfan was pepper-sprayed by the other officer before he deployed his taser again.

PC Butterfield said the pepper spray didn’t appear to have any effect on Arfan.

The second taser caused him to stagger back before he ripped out the wires.

Other officers arrived and a number of Asian men formed a wall around Arfan as they tried to prevent his arrest. The crowd was eventually brought under control and Arfan was wrestled to the floor and arrested.

PC St Pierre said he had never experienced such a high level of violence.

“This was a sustained assault on two officers and the defendant still does not accept his guilt or show any remorse,” said Miss Allan.

Arfan, who was not represented, told the court: “It’s all lies.”