<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The South Australian Police officer who had </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-top-cop-welcomes-decision-to-put-prominent-antivaxxer-raina-cruise-behind-bars-for-attack-on-officer/a30b1b34-b322-4050-83e4-7d1962e626b9" rel="" target="" title="hair torn from her scalp by a prominent anti-vaxxer"><span>hair torn from her scalp by a prominent anti-vaxxer</span></a><span> during an attack in Adelaide's CBD has told 9News of her horrific ordeal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In an exclusive interview, Senior Constable Anthea Beck described how the incident unfolded as she and a colleague responded to a disturbance regarding face masks at the Exeter Hotel in October 2021.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The offender, Raina Cruise, who had been vocally opposed to vaccines, set upon Beck, who was 10 weeks pregnant at the time. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/buy-now-pay-later-changes-new-bnpl-regulations-explained/980f4155-5f2b-4f5c-9f48-daad30422f16"><strong><span>Huge changes just made to the way millions of Aussies shop</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"(There was) immediate hostility, there was no lead up, there was no warning," Beck said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She just reached out, knocked the hat off my head, grabbed a handful of hair and just dropped to the ground."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cruise was found guilty over the attack, but was initially given a suspended sentence, meaning she wasn't required to serve time behind bars.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/scalped-police-officer-south-australia-interview/1dc769d2-1bbc-4b12-9b16-98d6a58879ee" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Police Association immediately called on the attorney-general to appeal, and earlier this month, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anti-vaxxer-jailed-police-attack/dfb4be5b-14a1-4e22-afcc-0fcfa5eb4a67" rel="" target="" title="Cruise was re-sentenced, this time receiving three years and nine months in prison"><span>Cruise was re-sentenced, this time receiving three years and nine months in prison</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/alleged-wine-fuelled-rage-on-international-flight--lands-woman-in-court/2aae27de-18a0-48c6-93ca-e15d5010bb1b"><strong><span>Alleged 'wine-fuelled' rage on international flight lands woman in court</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The suspended sentence was not in line with societal expectations of what happens when you assault police," Beck said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following the appeal's success and the imposition of a custodial sentence, Beck said she felt "relief and satisfaction".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It sends a message to the community that if you assault an emergency worker, that you can expect a custodial sentence."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-top-cop-welcomes-decision-to-put-prominent-antivaxxer-raina-cruise-behind-bars-for-attack-on-officer/a30b1b34-b322-4050-83e4-7d1962e626b9"><strong><span>Top cop welcomes jailing of anti-vaxxer for attack on officer</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite the ordeal, Beck intends to continue her career.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Being a police officer obviously has its ups and downs, and this is just a down of (an) otherwise very fulfilling career," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is an ongoing journey, I hope that this sentence can have some closure to that journey."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beck had initially worried the stress of the attack had caused damage to her unborn child, but her little girl, Marcella, was born happy and healthy. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>