Issue Date: 16/5/2005

No: 13070

 WITNESS APPEAL -
 HORSHAM SKATE PARK ASSAULT

At around 11pm on Friday 13th May, 2005 a 19 year old man was attacked in

Horsham skate park. He received serious injuries and remains in hospital,

although his condition is not described as life threatening.

Detectives are urgently appealing for witnesses to the incident. If you were

in the skate park, behind Horsham Fire Station, on the evening of Friday

13th of May and have any information that will assist the police in their

enquiries, please call DS Pierre Serra of Horsham CID on 0845 60 70 999

quoting serial 706 of 14th May, or Crimestoppers, anonymously on 0800 555

111.

DS Serra said: "We are aware that there were large numbers of youths out

that night, celebrating the start of GCSE exam leave. Our appeal is

especially aimed at those young people and their parents."

NewsDesk Note: internal injuries - recovery will take some time.

It would appear to have been an unprovoked attack / no weapon /

Treating as GBH

There were other reports of fighting received throughout the evening,

several assaults are being investigated.

Police believe one group in particular were the instigators of the violence.