The boyfriend of a woman aggressively hassled outside Oceana nightclub by four young men ended his night in A&E after they smashed a baseball bat over his head. The 23-year-old plumber from Morden had been trying to defend his girlfriend when the four men turned on him. The force of the blow to his head was so powerful that the bat broke in two. His girlfriend, a 20-year-old shop manager from Morden, had been left by friends at 1am outside the popular Clarence Street club after a 21st birthday party last Saturday night. She was waiting for a lift from her boyfriend when the strangers’ car approached. The four men inside asked if she wanted a lift.
When she refused they began swearing and, after throwing a bag of chips at them in retaliation, they launched a vicious attack, punching her in the face and kicking her several times. She said: "I was petrified. I didn’t stand a chance. I thought I was going to be dragged into their car. There were lots of people around but it was so busy no one could hear me screaming. They were swearing at me and telling me to get into the car. No one could see me being hit because we were out of view behind a wall. It was a miracle my boyfriend arrived when he did or I don’t know what might have happened. Someone else might not be so lucky."
Staff from Oceana called emergency services. The couple were taken to Kingston Hospital where the man received stitches for head injuries. His girlfriend was left battered and bruised but the two were later discharged. The attackers are all Asian, in their early 20s and were driving an orange Fiat Punto. It is believed the incident was captured by the nightclub’s CCTV cameras. Tapes have been passed on to police. |