A police officer feared he was going to die when a person he was making an attempt to arrest throttled him as he lay trapped on a mattress.
PC James Bebbington advised a colleague, 'he is killing me' as raging Robert Labutin carried out a sustained assault.
The officer, who was left "gasping for breath," additionally had two fingers bitten.
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Labutin was remanded in custody at Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom this week.
The 44-year-old admitted fees of assault and threatening or abusive behaviour.
The courtroom heard PC Bebbington and a colleague attended at Labutin's dwelling in St Giles Park, Hamilton, on December 27, 2020.
It was in relation to a household matter and Labutin grew to become violent as he was being arrested. He gave the impression to be "below the affect of one thing".
Neil Thomson, prosecuting, mentioned: "He advised the officers to get the f**okay out of his home.
"He grabbed PC Bebbington and the 2 of them have been rolling round.
"They ended up on prime of a mattress the place the officer was trapped between the mattress body and the wall.
"The accused had his arm across the constable's throat. He then tightened his grip, thus proscribing his respiratory.
"He then used his free arm to tighten the grip additional.
"A feminine officer discharged Pava spray, however this appears to have had no impact on the accused. She additionally struck him on the physique and head together with her baton.
"PC Bebbington, nonetheless within the accused's grip, shouted as finest he may 'I can not breathe'. His face was changing into pink as he advised his colleague, 'he is killing me'.
"It seems he genuinely feared for his life."
PC Bebbington tried to push Labutin away, however the accused bit him on two fingers, inflicting "excruciating" ache, whereas persevering with to compress his neck.
The officer lastly managed to interrupt free, simply as reinforcements arrived.
Mr Thomson added: "He was left gasping for breath.
"The accused was finally restrained with two units of handcuffs utilized."
PC Bebbington was handled for bites which left his fingers "swollen and numb".
He had "vital soreness and redness" behind his neck.
Labutin was taken to hospital for therapy to a head wound sustained through the wrestle.
He spat at a police officer through the journey.
Sheriff Colin Dunipace advised Labutin the fees have been "extraordinarily severe".
Sentence was deferred till subsequent month for background studies and Labutin who had been on bail, was remanded in custody.
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