By Isabella Nikolic and Milly Vincent For Mailonline
Published: 18:30 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 19:04 GMT, 22 March 2019
A drunken man has been jailed after punching a police officer in the face while he was being arrested for something else.
The shocking footage captured on a body-worn police camera shows Edward Elsden-Smith, 22, carry out an assault against the officer who is attempting to arrest him on suspicion of criminal damage.
The thug violently lashes out, punching the officer in the face before being taken down to the ground and arrested.
Elsden-Smith has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison after admitting a string of offences.
He pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker, criminal damage and breaching a community order at Worthing Magistrates' Court on March 12.
He also admitted breaching a suspended prison sentence he was handed for head-butting another police officer and assaulting two more officers in
