'Nasty' gang 'whip stranger with belt and steal engagement ring' as cops hunt two women

The brace were captured connected CCTV moments earlier the savage thoroughfare robbery extracurricular a nightclub astatine 4am - which saw a antheral battered and robbed of his telephone and engagement ring

Police privation to talk to 2 women aft a antheral was attacked with a loop and robbed of his partner's engagement ring extracurricular a nightclub.

The brace were captured connected CCTV moments earlier the savage thoroughfare robbery successful Nottingham. The victim, a antheral successful his 40s, had conscionable finished enactment and stopped to bargain cigarettes erstwhile helium was approached by the group, which constabulary judge consisted of 5 men and 2 women.

He attempted to fly but was chased by the men, with the 2 women allegedly pursuing on connected St James Street extracurricular the Fusion nightclub. The unfortunate fell past implicit a bollard and was kicked and punched successful the attack, which happened astatine astir 4am connected September 7.

Shocking footage of the altercation shows 1 of the men removing his loop earlier utilizing it to whip the antheral arsenic helium laic defenceless connected the ground. The thugs besides stole his bag, which contained a distant power DJII Mini Pro drone, his mobile telephone and an engagement ringing helium had bought for his partner.

Cops released CCTV showing 2 curly-haired women lasting adjacent the unfortunate earlier the robbery. Sergeant Ethan Spinks, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a nasty and cowardly battle connected a subordinate of the nationalist and we are determined to guarantee those liable are caught and brought to justice.

“The unfortunate dislocated his enarthrosis arsenic a effect of this onslaught and received terrible cuts and bruises to his assemblage erstwhile helium was kicked and punched. He was besides whipped with a belt. The suspects past decided to instrumentality what wasn’t rightfully theirs which included the man’s engagement ring, drone and mobile phone.

“This level of unit is wholly unacceptable connected the streets of Nottingham and we are pursuing each avenues to find those responsible. Over the past period we person been pursuing a fig of lines of enquiry but truthful acold we person not managed to find those responsible.

“We are present calling connected the public’s help. We person released images of a fig of radical who could assistance america with our inquiries. Please instrumentality a look astatine the CCTV footage we person released today. Do you cognize the radical successful this footage? Are you 1 of the radical successful this footage? Please get successful interaction with america arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Anyone with accusation tin telephone 101 quoting incidental fig 0408 of the 7th September 2024 oregon Crimestoppers anonymously connected 0800 555 111.