Upon witnessing the assault on the officer outside, he pinned the attacker down, held the back of his arm and put his knee on his back, letting assisting officers take over once they arrived on the scene.
'I was halfway through haircut when I ran to stop attack - then went back to finish trim' A man who spectacularly dashed out of a barber's mid-haircut to stop a policeman from being attacked has said it was simply an "instinct" for him to help.
Once he was done, he drove back to wait with his girlfriend at the hospital - and ended up sat next to the police officer who he had just rescued.
Kyle Whiting was having his head shaved at Haron Barber's in Warrington, Cheshire on Tuesday when he spotted the shocking assault on the officer outside through the mirror in front of him.
He told the MailOnline: "Once he was detained, I just went back in for my haircut and then went back into the hospital.
