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Beaten brothers slam police
Reporter: by MARINA BERRY
Date online: 16 February 2009
TWO brothers have accused police of dragging their feet in investigating an assault which left one with a broken jaw and the other needing 18 stitches.
John (25) and Shaun Lowther (23) say they were the victims of an unprovoked attack in Aruba bar, Fairbottom Street, Oldham.
John said: “My brother went to the bar to get a drink and someone punched him in the face several times and stood on his head when he fell down.
“I went over to help him but I slipped and fell, and someone kicked some of my teeth out and bust my lip.
“We don’t know who they were and we hadn’t done anything to deserve it, it was unprovoked.”
The pair were thrown out by bouncers, and a friend called for a taxi to take them to the Royal Oldham Hospital.
John, whose injuries were stitched, said: “Shaun was unconscious for about 15 minutes.”
He was transferred to North Manchester General Hospital where surgeons pinned his broken jaw in an operation which took almost four hours.
Shaun spent two days in hospital before returning home to Higher Lime Road, Limeside.
He and John made several calls to the police in the days following the attack, in the early hours of Sunday, February 8, and were told an officer would visit and take a statement.
Eventually their exasperated mother, Kim, who lives at the same address, called the police to find out why no one had been to see her sons, and was again told an officer would visit.
The family spoke of their anger at the long wait, and Kim said: “The longer it is before the police start to look for the people who did this to my sons, the less chance there is of them being found.
Det Insp Chris Bridge, of Oldham CID, said: “We received the report and it has been allocated to an officer.
“Given the victims’ concerns, I will be arranging for someone to speak to them immediately.
“This is a nasty assault, we are taking the report very seriously and it will be investigated fully.
“If anyone saw the assault or witnessed something that might help our investigation, we would urge them to come forward.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Oldham CID on 0161-856 8951 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 -55 111.
Comments
Prob to many forms to fill in or as usual can't be bothered
"only interested in motorists" That old lie again. If the police REALLY were interested in making money out of motorists or going after them they could monitor the bus lanes handing out fines, fining selfish drivers parking on pavements or blocking paths or put cameras all over to catch the tens of thousands of daily speeders. Whinging whining drivers again.
ive always abided by the law and been helpful to the police if they've needed help. but in the last few years when i've needed them they've just tried to push it to one side and given it very low priority!
i have no repect for them at all now! how many others feel this way?
hahaha! OldhamWatcher you make me chuckle!! you obviously dont drive around! i see the coppers daily waiting at the end of a bus lane picking up motorists!
i've been a victim of crime 4 times in the last couple of years and i've only see one copper after reporting them! so what are they doing then?
Perhaps the police thought they got what they deserved? I'm sure the other lads would tell a different tale of the incident. The bouncers kicked them out for a reason, no?
you call yourself OldhamWatcher but im not sure what you're watching?
the police already monitor bus lanes and issue fines for drivers using them. in some cases they've become really lazy and had cameras installed to do it for them.
they also target the selfish drivers you highlight on their pavement parking!
and as for the speed cameras they're already everywhere!
where are you because its not oldham!
You're saying there aren't cameras all over the place to monitor / catch motorists?
Are you in New Zealand?
See the other news item OldhamWatcher about how many cars have been seized by the police.
probably still got 40 officers watching vance miller and cannot spare the man power
Perhaps the police thought they got what they deserved? I'm sure the other lads would tell a different tale of the incident. The bouncers kicked them out for a reason, no? What sort of a comment is that from Libertine?
I got my mandible fractured once after I made the mistake of going to Oldham one night, it hurt like hell. But it was worth it because I decided to leave the town forever!
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welcome to oldham! the place where any crime isn't important to the police! they're only interested in motorists!
By fedupoldhamer @ 16/02/2009 14:18:42