Laughing Thugs: Do You Know Them?

Police are hunting these two late-night thugs who laughed as they beat a man unconscious in the busy West End.

It was just after midnight on July 7 when the suspects turned on the thirty-year old victim, who moments earlier they encouraged to fight with some local homeless men.

They repeatedly punched and kicked the victim to the ground outside the Carphone Warehouse shop near the junction of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road.

The suspects were seen to repeatedly run in and attack the victim, hiding behind members of the public who had stopped to try to help him back up on to his feet.

Both men were heard laughing throughout the assault.

It continued until one of the suspects punched the victim so hard he was knocked unconscious and collapsed into the road.

After the brutal attack both suspects ran off through Great Russell Street, then back out in to New Oxford Street where it is believed they may have boarded an eastbound bus.

One of the suspects is described as a possibly mixed race white / Asian man in his early 20’s, 5ft 6ins, athletic build, short black hair, wearing a khaki blazer and speaking with a London accent.

The second suspect is described as a white man in his early 20’s, 6ft 1ins, stocky build, ‘baby-faced’ with short, mousey brown, slightly wavy hair.

He was wearing a red plaid shirt and speaks with a London accent.

Officers from the Westminster Serious Violence Team are keen to identify the two men.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or with information that could assist the investigation, is urged to contact Detective Constable Will Richards at the Westminster Serious Violence Team on 020 7321 9315.

Alternatively dial 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously quoting crime reference 6536603/12.