A man who tried to murder a police officer while armed with Molotov cocktails has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years. Alexander Dighton, 28 from Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was wearing body armour when he carried out the attack outside Talbot Green police station in January.

A man armed with Molotov cocktails and a hatchet who attacked officers outside a South Wales police station has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years in prison. Alexander Dighton,

Alexander Dighton, 28, used Molotov cocktails and a hatchet to attack officers outside Talbot Green police station in South Wales. He knocked one officer unconscious and stabbed another in the leg during the attack in Rhondda Cynon Taf on January 31.