Leicester traffic warden kicked in head appeals for help to find attacker
A traffic warden who was kicked unconscious by a thug has urged Leicester Mercury readers to lead police to the attacker.
The warden, who has asked not to be named, spoke yesterday after CCTV emerged of the attack in Braunstone Gate, Leicester.
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The traffic warden is kicked in the head in Braunstone Gate, Leicester
The footage appears to show one of three men spitting at the warden – possibly at his pocket book – as the group passed him.
One of the men then kicked the warden in the head or face, causing him to fall unconscious to the ground.
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The victim, who is recovering at home, said: "I have seen the footage and I was very shocked when I saw what this man did to me.
"I really don't know why someone would do this but I do believe he will face justice one day. It is only a matter of time.
"I don't remember anything about it.
"All I know is that I was walking along Braunstone Gate and the next thing I can remember is waking up in hospital.
"I am recovering and I am fortunate that the injury to my head is not more serious."
The three men – who are white, believed to be eastern European and in their late 20s or early 30s – walked away towards the nearby Tesco supermarket.
Footage of the attack, which happened at 12.10pm on Saturday, September 1, was captured by CCTV cameras outside Bob Young's electrical store, in Braunstone Gate.
Mr Young said: "I heard that someone had been attacked so I reviewed the camera footage. I couldn't believe what I saw so I contacted the police and said 'you need to see this'.
"It looks like an expert kick, as if this man had been trained in martial arts.
"He definitely needs to be caught before he does this to someone else."
The warden is employed by Vinci Park UK, which is contracted by Leicester City Council to enforce parking rules.
Andrew Thomas, the council's head of traffic management, said: "Attacks such as this against staff who are simply carrying out their work are totally unacceptable.
"We will be working with the police to identify the people responsible.
"We would urge anyone with information about this incident to report it to the police."
Pc Leigh Spencer said: "Through CCTV inquiries in the area, we have managed to capture the assault and images of the people responsible. I would urge anyone with information about those men – and the men themselves – to come forward.
"We would also like to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident."
A Vinci Park spokeswoman said: "We are focused on helping the employee with their recovery and we are co-operating with the authorities as they investigate this further."
Contact Pc Spencer on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Comments
by jimbob6163
Thursday, September 13 2012, 10:30PM
“This Violent Scum need locking up ASAP and a long sentence too”
by AliKat737
Thursday, September 13 2012, 9:45PM
“Having seen the video, this is not a karate kick or tae-kwon-do kick. The position of the arms and body identify it as a classic kick-boxing kick. Why aren't the police investigating kick-boxing clubs to identify this thug?”
by Rajjan
Thursday, September 13 2012, 9:23PM
“When these bunch of idiots will standing in the court dock, I hope some one will play these footage to the court to get all of them behind bars.”
by LikeItaLot
Thursday, September 13 2012, 8:21PM
“deterrents work for the rational. Then they tend not to engage in criminal acts. It is the likelyhood of getting caught that acts as the real deterrent more than the punishment imposed. Otherwise, why so much crime.”
by sansue
Thursday, September 13 2012, 7:50PM
“"Brutal and unwarranted...the problem is though, there is no deterrent for behaviour like this"
Absolutely agree; few people actually understand the point you make. Someone who acts this brutally in such an unwarranted way is not going to be "deterred" by any potential penalty. They aren't going to make a rational decision as to whether or not to kick someone simply doing their job in the head. Unfortunately some people truly believe that if we had stiffer penalties (even the death penalty) it would somehow deter people; they are living in cloud cuckoo land!
Good post.”
by karinfall1955
Thursday, September 13 2012, 6:15PM
“@f007. In fairness ''DBLeicester' didn't mention the death penalty. It does only exist in certain States so hard to know if it is effective; furthermore firearms are carried legally so it is difficult to compare our country with theirs. Perhaps if police began by taking small crimes and infringements more seriously in a zero tolerance type way instead of trying to befriend the public there might be more respect for the law in general. Just a thought.”
by DBLeicester
Thursday, September 13 2012, 5:06PM
“f007e - has it reduced the amount of murders there or not, probably yes. A deterrent is exactly that - something set out that offers punishment for a committed crime. Without one, there are no boundaries as to what is right and wrong, and no or little punishment does not dissuade people from committing such crimes. Will a 3 month sentence and a £200 fine be adequate justice for the victim - I very much doubt it. Would that exampled sentence deter the criminal from doing the same thing again, probably not. So you have to ask yourself, if the sentence was much more severe for this type of crime, would the same criminal be so willing to do what he did - probably not... therefore I believe an adequate deterrent would help towards crime prevention, it's just a shame not everyone sees it that way.”
by oldhenry
Thursday, September 13 2012, 4:10PM
“I suppose that type of attack goes with the territory. I wonder that Traffic Wardens do not come in for more abuse , bearing in mind how '****' many are in carrying out their duties of extortion on the mororist.
However, this attack seems to be just , perhaps, a drunken type trying out a kick to person that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nasty type to be around on the streets of Leicester but how you would identify him from that picture baffles me.”
by f007e
Thursday, September 13 2012, 3:59PM
“DBLeicester, you mean like in the US, where they have the death penalty, and how that's massively reduced the amount of murders over there?”
by DBLeicester
Thursday, September 13 2012, 3:00PM
“Brutal and unwarranted...the problem is though, there is no deterrent for behaviour like this. He will be given a very menial sentence, and then he'll be free again to carry out such potential attacks on others. When will this Country toughen up and start punishing criminals properly. Maybe then this kind of thing will happen a lot less than it already does..!”