HORRIFYING footage shows the moment a yob hurled boiling cooking oil into a cop’s face as he tried to avoid arrest.
Mohammed Sarfaraz, 45, of Gosforth, Newcastle, launched his shocking attack in January, when five officers confronted him about a criminal allegation.
Footage shared by Northumbria Police shows officers entering the kitchen of Sarfaraz’ home with their Tasers drawn earlier this year.
Cops were then seen locating him inside a property where he began to make verbal threats.
But despite officers’ attempts to de-escalate the situation, he threw a pan of hot cooking oil towards their faces.
Horrifying footage from a policeman’s body worn camera shows Sarfaraz peeking around a doorway with the pan in hand, before the officer recoils and grunts in pain as he is hit with the oil to the face and chest.
In the video, the boiling hot oil hitting two officers and causing scars to one.
PC Christopher Bain is then seen frantically rushing to the sink and immediately begins to rinse himself in hot water.
Sarfaraz barricaded himself in the garage where he was tasered and arrested.
He was charged the next day with affray, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and was convicted following a trial.
PC Bain sustained second and third degree burns on his skin, leaving him with scarring on his face and chest.
His colleague also suffered minor injuries.
Sarfaraz was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court for nine years after the shocking attack.
After sentencing, Detective Inspector Marc Lennox said: “This was a shocking incident, which saw Mohammed Sarfaraz attack officers who were attempting to speak with him.
“They were simply doing their job, and made countless attempts to communicate with Sarfaraz about their intentions on the visit and why they were there.
“Despite several warnings, he has dangerously thrown hot oil at them in a bid to get away from them – and went on to deny his violent behaviour despite overwhelming evidence against him.
“Sarfaraz even defended his actions in interview, claiming he was preparing to cook an egg while officers attended the house.”
The court was told that the offender, a taxi driver, had previously called police to complain about not being able to see his children after his marriage broke down.
He had been arrested outside his former family home in May last year after he refused to leave the area, during which he lashed out at officers.
On the day of the oil attack, officers visited the home again believing him to be there, only to be told by his wife that he was at his parents’ house.
His wife then phoned ahead to warn him officers were on the way.
Sarfaraz was found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, affray and assaulting a police officer.
The court heard there had been 22 domestic violence reports between 2013 and 2024 in which Sarfaraz was named and 44 child concern notifications.
‘DELIBERATE ACT’
Laura Miller, defending, said Sarfaraz does not accept the verdicts of the jury, and had no similar convictions on his record.
But sentencing him, Judge Adams said of the pan: “It clearly contained hot oil and it mainly hit PC Bain and some hit his colleague. You clearly intended to cause those officers really serious harm.
“PC Bain was burned by the oil. He reacted in an understandable fashion afterwards but carried on performing his duties while dealing with the burns.
“The footage shows the pan being swung. It was not an accident, it was a deliberate act on your part.”
Det Insp Lennox added: “This was a shocking incident, which saw Mohammed Sarfaraz attack officers who were attempting to speak with him.
“They were simply doing their job, and made countless attempts to communicate with Sarfaraz about their intentions on the visit and why they were there.
“I would like to commend those officers involved for their bravery and professionalism in what must have been a fast-moving and terrifying incident.
“I’m pleased to see that Sarfaraz will now spend a lengthy spell behind bars – while the victims continue to move forward with their duties.”
