Southend: Boy arrested for serious assault

Officers were called to Warrior Square at around 6:15pm on Tuesday, 19 September following reports of a large disturbance involving around eight young men.

Officers arrived quickly and located a man with serious facial injuries. The victim was taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be life-changing.

Within 30 minutes, officers arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of Grievous bodily harm with intent. He remains in custody.

An 18-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery.

Enquiries are ongoing and a large cordon was put in place last night, which has since been removed.

Investigating officers are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this assault or have any CCTV or dashcam footage to contact us.

If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service available Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) between 10am-9pm.

Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our website reporting services.

Alternatively you can call us on 101. 

In an emergency always call 999.

If you would like to make an anonymous report you can contact independent charity @CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111

Please quote incident 1057 of 19 September when providing any information to make sure it gets to the right person as quickly as possible.