Man charged with attempted murder after police officer run over

Hussain has since been charged with multiple offences, including the alleged theft of two Range Rovers across a span of two days

A man being detained by police after the incident, which took place on Saturday afternoon (PA)

A 29-year-old man has been charged with the attempted murder of a traffic officer who was run over by a suspected car thief in Birmingham.

Mubashar Hussain is alleged to have hijacked a police car in Moorcroft Road, Moseley, before using the vehicle to reverse into an officer, knocking them down.

He is then alleged to have driven over his body. He was arrested just over 2km away in the Sparkbrook area.

Hussain has since been charged with multiple offences, including the alleged theft of a range rover sport stolen on Saturday, and another range rover stolen in Birmingham the previous day.

In a statement West Midlands Police said: "He also faces charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, a separate count of dangerous driving, wounding another officer who suffered a cut arm, four counts of assaulting other PCs, driving while disqualified, motoring offences and two car thefts.

"A second man, 24-year-old Ahsan Ghafoor, from Fulham Road in Sparkhill, has been charged with the same two car thefts, plus dangerous driving and other motoring offences.

Both are set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Monday.

The officer, a married 42-year-old suffered a broken pelvis as well as head, abdominal and other internal injuries and underwent surgery on Saturday and Sunday.

West Midlands Police Superintendent Tom Joyce welcomed messages of support for the policeman, adding: "The messages from the public have been really uplifting; it's times like these that hit home to people what a challenging role policing can be and that officers across the country are putting themselves on the line every day to protect the public.

"Working in policing and helping people in need is a hugely rewarding job but it comes with it inherent risks.

"Everyone at West Midlands Police is hoping the officer makes a full and swift recovery and our thoughts are with him and his family."