A drug vendor who mowed down a Scots police officer was ordered at hand over £1,600 - moments after a choose heard how he has made £241,600 from his prison actions.
Zeng Xing Yu, 49, ploughed into PC Neil Kerr, 37, in a lane in Glasgow's West Finish on July 21 2020.
Cell phone footage caught Yu driving at PC Kerr because the officer and colleagues swooped on a hashish deal.
Yu was jailed on the Excessive Court docket in Paisley final yr, having earlier been convicted of tried homicide in addition to caring within the provide of hashish.”
Decide Fiona Tait sentenced him to 10 years for attempting to kill the officer, with three years added for the drug offence following a listening to on the Excessive Court docket in Paisley final December.
On Monday, prosecutors used proceeds of crime laws to confiscate the sum from Yu.
Advocate depute Dan Byrne instructed choose Lord Ericht that he and defence lawyer Iain Paterson had agreed that the accused’s profit from his lifetime of crime amounted to £241,600. However the legal professionals agreed that Yu solely had £1,600 out there at this cut-off date.
At earlier proceedings, Yu’s co-accused Wang Wen, 30, admitted caring within the provide of hashish and was locked up for 50 months.
The court docket heard plainclothes officers in three unmarked police automobiles have been within the space based mostly on intelligence that a 'medicine transaction' was going down.
PC Kerr used his automobile to field in a Mercedes pushed by Yu on Devonshire Gardens Lane. Two colleagues approached Yu's automotive stating that they have been officers.
PC Kerr stood in entrance of the Mercedes which immediately 'got here in the direction of' him.
Recalling the impression, he stated: 'I managed to get a slight soar on the automotive and put each fingers on it.
'I hit my head and shoulder off the windscreen of the automotive. I used to be on the bonnet for just a few seconds... I felt myself propelling within the air and hitting the cobbles on the bottom.
'My head and left shoulder smashed in opposition to the bottom. I assumed I used to be going to die.'
PC Kerr acknowledged the automotive got here to a cease. Colleagues struggled with Yu earlier than arresting him.
The officer suffered a head wound and leg accidents. He was pressured to remain off work for greater than two months.
Yu lodged a particular defence of self-defence, claiming he believed he was underneath assault by armed males.
On Monday, Lord Ericht gave Yu six months at hand the sum over - prosecutors can return to court docket in the event that they discover extra of Yu’s sick gotten positive aspects.
Lord Ericht stated: “I'll give impact to the order.”
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