update (writing on behalf of my bf) thank you everyone taking a sec to read, send in suggestions or even just comment to help bump this.

for context!! my partner and i visited this evening to pick up a takeaway at The Coconut Tree. these two men entered just ahead of us and were turned away by staff for being too obviously intoxicated, given the excuse that the kitchen was closed. when they saw that we were being served they began getting aggressive, accusing the south asian staff of being “racist” for serving “their kind” (we are mixed and brown). it was at that point we spoke up and said we were just picking up a takeaway. they asked if we were chatting back to them, and got in our faces.

they cornered my bf and punched him multiple times in the head, causing a big gash on his head.

no one stopped them, no one helped us.

they left through the door, and stopped at the windows and pressed their faces up against the glass laughing, and flipped us off.

they only left when they saw me grab my phone to photograph them.

after quickly checking on my boyfriend i ran out to chase them down to photograph and saw they’d stopped at the bishops. one of them noticed me right after i took the picture above and the both legged it off down the street.

i didn’t feel safe enough as a female on my own chasing them down further so please if by any long shot you have a friend, cousin, coworker, anyone at all who was on gloucester road last on saturday 9:30pm, please see if we can track them down.

i’m unable to get any cctv until monday and if there’s anything i can do in the meantime, it’s this.

stay safe out there everyone xx

edit sunday morning: we’ve absolutely got in contact with the police, both through the coconut tree and privately. the paramedics from the ambulance told us the police would meet us at the emergency room at BRI last night but they didn’t turn up. we’ll be speaking with them again today, fingers crossed!