A man was left slumped in a street miles away from home after a street argument turned in to a 16 hour ordeal.

Police are investigating how the 22-year-old Asian man, currently living in Southend, came to be found on the A127 near Romford with serious head injuries and wearing only his boxer shorts.

A spokesman for Southend police said: "We believe he was taken from Southend, either by car or on foot, at midday on Thursday and he was later found walking on the A127 at 4am the next morning."

Published Monday, August 4, 2003

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