A Gwent Police officer who detained and arrested a man who had stabbed his stepmother to death has been nominated for a Police Bravery Award.

Constable Philip Williams, will be recognised at this year’s Police Bravery Awards.

The coveted event honours and recognises police officers who performed outstanding acts of bravery while on or off duty.

On November 1 2014, Timothy Jackson, 49, called police, telling them he had stabbed his stepmother, poet and writer Anne Jackson, five times in the chest and neck.

PC Williams scrambled to the murder scene - on an isolated Usk farm edged by forestry - to find Mrs Jackson stabbed to death. The brave officer then restrained and arrested the man, who was later charged with her murder.

Cardiff Crown Court later heard that Jackson had murdered his stepmother, thirty years his senior, with a kitchen knife after a row had broken out. He was sentenced to a minimum 19-year term.

Tim Wilcox, chairman of the Gwent Police Federation, said, “PC Williams showed exceptional bravery, putting his own life at risk to protect the public as he did not fully know the situation he was walking in to. It is a pleasure to nominate him for this award.”

Gwent Chief Constable Jeff Farrar said, “PC Williams acted without thought for his own safety in arresting a potentially dangerous man for murder. This was an excellent piece of police work but is just one example of the countless acts of bravery and dedication displayed by officers on a daily basis across the Gwent Police.”

The national award ceremony is to be held on July 14.