Man who stabbed an off-duty policeman between the eyes is jailed

A COP stabber has been sentenced for seven years for knifing an officer between the eyes after storming his Melbourne home last November.

A MAN who stabbed an off-duty police officer between the eyes after storming his Melbourne home while drunk has been jailed for more than seven years.

Jade Hunia, 20, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday to seven years and six months’ jail after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including recklessly causing injury and aggravated burglary, over the November 2016 home invasion.

Hunia forced his way past Senior Constable Daniel Yeoman’s wife in the family’s Wantirna South home, demanded Mr Yeoman hand over a set of car keys, then grabbed a knife in the kitchen and plunged it into the officer’s face.

Policeman, Sen-Constable Daniel Yeoman is on the mend after being stabbed in his own home.

Mr Yeoman suffered a fractured eye socket and nerve damage.

After the stabbing, Hunia fled in Mr Yeoman’s Hyundai and was clocked speeding before crashing into a wall about 15 kilometres away.

Hunia was capsicum-sprayed by police and arrested, initially giving a false name to the officers.

It was later revealed Hunia was on four sets of bail at the time of the home invasion, including charges for assaulting and resisting police. The prosecution says Hunia deserves a lengthy stint in prison for his unnecessarily violent crime against Mr Yeoman.