Police are appealing for witnesses after two thugs attacked a man with a bottle as he walked home at night.

The 23-year-old victim was pounced on by he men after they stopped in a car next to him on Sutton Road, Southend.

After getting out of the vehicle, one of the men pushed the victim while the second thug hit him on the side of his body with a bottle.

The bottle didn't smash and the man escaped injury. The culprits fled.

Published Friday October 18, 2002

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