A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being assaulted at the side of the road in Lichfield.
Police were called to the A5 at Weeford island at around 12.45pm yesterday (28th March) after reports of an altercation.
A 56-year-old man was taken to hospital where he remains in a “critical but stable condition”.
A 25-year-old man, from the Tamworth area, was later arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent. He remains in police custody while inquiries continue.
Anyone with information or who may have relevant dashcam footage is asked to contact police on 101, quoting incident 269 of 28th March.
Doesn’t sound like this was a random attack….so does anyone know the background? Have we now got a criminal gang problem spilling into the city / area? Can’t say I’m surprised considering the total lack of police authority in the area.
I’m not currently aware of any ‘gang warfare’ specifically between Tamworth and Lichfield (or vice versa).
Strangely (for better or worse) the BBC News site hardly ever seems to publish the national crime stats nowadays, at least not since the start of the first Covid lockdown in March 2020.