Man jailed over knife attack that led to police using Taser gun

A man has been jailed for four years after attacking a police officer with two large kitchen knives, it has emerged.Tony Buttigieg, 36, of Caerleon in Newport, was Tasered by officers from Gwent Police as they struggled to subdue him in the hallway of a block of flats in the town in October 2017.Officers responding to a report of a man banging doors in the flats found Buttigieg, who appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, on a landing holding two large blades.