A teenager has appeared in court after a female police officer was seriously injured when she was hit by a speeding car while investigating drug use allegations.
Harvey Bell, 19, appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, dangerous driving and possession of a class B drug.
The officer was mown down in a ‘terrifying’ incident at a Sainsbury’s on Wilmslow Road, Cheadle, Greater Manchester on Saturday night, after police were called to reports of people behaving suspiciously inside a vehicle.
As the officer walked towards the car, she reported it being ‘driven at speed towards her’ before it struck her.
She suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital, but is now ‘recovering well’, a spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said.
Dressed in a blue coat and black tracksuit bottoms, he spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth.
No pleas were entered.
Jane Deakin, prosecuting, said the incident, which took place around midnight, happened after police received information drugs were being taken inside a car that was parked in the supermarket’s car park.
A 19-year-old has appeared in court after allegedly striking a police officer with a car that was ‘driven at speed’ in a retail park on Wilmslow Road, Cheadle (pictured)
Dressed in a blue coat and black tracksuit bottoms, Bell spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth (Pictured: Manchester Magistrates’ Court)
The officer had walked towards the vehicle and held her hands up ‘to give an instruction’ to the driver to ‘stop revving the engine’, she said.
But the car, an Audi Q2 according to court documents, then drove at her.
The officer, named as PC Hallworth, was knocked to the ground and the car’s front and back wheels drove over both her legs.
She was left unconscious and suffered a dislocated knee, deep cuts and scratches, and bruises to her thighs but has since been discharged from hospital, the court heard.
Bell, of Bennett Drive, Knutsford, was refused bail and remanded in custody to appear at Manchester Crown Court on March 4.
Superintendent Rick Arthern, of Greater Manchester Police, said: ‘This was a truly terrifying incident for a frontline officer to go through, so I am delighted to secure these charges, which show that assaults on our officers are completely unacceptable.
‘The officer is at home recovering and as the hardworking dedicated officer she is, she wants to return as soon as possible to protect her community.
‘The vehicle used to run the officer over remains outstanding and we are asking for any information to assist in locating the vehicle.
‘Anyone who saw a Black Audi around the retail park on Saturday night at 11:55pm is urged to contact us on 0161 856 9790, quoting the log number 3558 of 25/01/25.’
