Dog walker beaten unconscious by total stranger before two children come to her aid

Kay Crisp had been walking her 2 dogs successful Mendlesham, Suffolk, erstwhile she was attacked and near for dormant - but 2 schoolhouse children sought assistance and she was taken to the hospital

A dog walker was near unconscious erstwhile she was beaten and near for dormant by a full alien - until 2 children came to her aid.

Kay Crisp had been walking her 2 cocker spaniels connected the greeting of November 18 erstwhile she was recovered unconscious connected a footpath successful Mendlesham, Suffolk. Two superior schoolhouse children sought assistance for the woman, who is successful her 60s and retired, erstwhile they saw her unconscious.

She suffered aggregate breaks and fractures successful her look - including to her oculus socket, feature and jaw. Suffolk Police person said they are present treating the onslaught arsenic a "potential" grievous bodily harm and are appealing for witnesses.

Mrs Crisp, who takes her dogs retired each greeting on Old Station Road and Glebe Way, said: "I americium rather frightened present and I had nary thought what happened until aft the existent day. They said astatine the infirmary you did not fall. I person got nary recollection of what happened. My dogs ne'er near maine and they were ne'er touched. My biggest fearfulness is that they won't find who did it arsenic it's already been implicit a week. He could person near the state by now."

She continued: "I retrieve watching a jogger spell past and telling my dogs to enactment with me. As I went down the footpath, I don't retrieve anymore. I was told aboriginal I was recovered crying for assistance but I don't retrieve it astatine all.

"My hubby drove maine to the infirmary arsenic I was losing a batch of humor from my rima and stomach. They'd rung for an ambulance and told it could beryllium up to 2 hours. They were trying to marque maine conscious successful the car."

Mrs Crisp was taken to Ipswich Hospital wherever her household were instantly told her injuries couldn't person been sustained by a fall. In the days aft the attack, she visited a caput trauma specializer confirmed it was apt she had been deed with either an entity oregon a fist.

The woman, who has entered her dogs successful the prestigious Crufts competition, said: "I person been successful terrific pain. I was truly upset due to the fact that you bash not privation to deliberation idiosyncratic has punched and kicked you. I'm trying to get backmost to normal. I've got unspeakable tiredness and my code hasn't been peculiarly good. I've got nasty headaches.

"It's been truthful agelong present I don't cognize whether the constabulary volition beryllium capable to find the idiosyncratic who did it." A spokesperson for Suffolk Police said: "We are investigating aft a pistillate was recovered injured successful Mendlesham.

"The pistillate successful her 60s was recovered by members of the nationalist connected the crushed astatine 08:15am, with superior facial injuries and attended infirmary aboriginal that day. Police were called the pursuing day, Tuesday 18 November, to analyse however her injuries were sustained.

"Police are conducting enquiries, including reviewing CCTV footage, and are keeping an unfastened caput arsenic to the circumstances of the incident. Officers investigating the incidental are keen to talk to a antheral who was jogging successful the country astatine the clip and who whitethorn person witnessed the incident.

"He is described arsenic skinny with acheronian hairsbreadth oregon a acheronian chapeau and was wearing a achromatic vest apical and achromatic shorts." Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction the unit quoting transgression notation fig 37/65849/24.