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Hunt for street attacker
Reporter: Lucy Kenderdine
Date online: 05 March 2013
POLICE have released an image of a man wanted in connection with an unprovoked attack on two men in Oldham town centre in January.
The assaults happened outside the Chinese Buffet Restaurant in Yorkshire Street at about 4.25am on Saturday, January 5, leaving two victims with head injuries.
The victims, aged 19 and 20, left a nightclub and went to the Funky Chicken takeaway before being confronted as they left by two men unknown to them.
Without provocation, they were both attacked and struck in the head.
When they came around they were on the ground outside the Chinese restaurant covered in blood and unable to remember exactly what had happened.
One had suffered a broken nose, black eye and two-inch cut to his right ear alongside other cuts and bruises.
The other man suffered a one-inch wound to the right side of his head.
Attending officers gave chase to the two offenders, arresting a 21-year-old man on suspicion of assault. He has since been released without charge.
Police are now searching for a man described as being white, in his 20s, 5ft 8in tall, of medium build, bald and wearing a black jumper with a white shirt underneath.
Anyone with information should call police on 0161 856 8652 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Comments
This is why myself and my friends never venture anywhere near Oldham town centre on a weekend. The place is a vile breeding ground for jobless morons. Come to think of it, I really am struggling to remember the last time I actually went into Oldham full stop. The place is a morbid depressing dump.........
@ax102 - "The place is a vile breeding ground for jobless morons." Wasn't aware that you'd done a statistical analysis/breakdown of the occupational status of said miscreants?!
this doesn't surprise me,Oldham is a dump and at that time of day a very dangerous dump.
I myself work, however to say "The place is a vile breeding ground for jobless morons." I'm quite sure not all jobless people are morons. That is a very short sighted sweeping statement, moron!
classic oldham homegrown uneducated losers! welcome the polish to save our country and economy! meanwhile we pay these thugs to sit at home and get high on the weekends all paid for by large portion of migrant tax payers from last 50 years!
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It is a ridculous state of affairs when one man is arrested and refuses to reveal the name of his accomplice. Perhaps we should start by holding him in prison indefinitely until he decides to loosen his tongue.
By Flake @ 05/03/2013 14:33:31