A knife-wielding man who set a dog on his victim has been jailed after off-duty police officers paused their drinks to apprehend him in Elephant and Castle.

It was broad daylight when Joseph Jimenez, 20, tried to slash a man with a large knife in Elephant Park, on July 21, 2023. 

Off-duty police winding down at a nearby bar spotted the commotion and swarmed Jimenez who threw a knife at the onrushing officers.

Jimenez pled guilty and was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for possession of a bladed article and four months for affray, at Croydon Court yesterday (Wednesday, February 14).

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