UK:Savaged in the street: victim nearly loses arm

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SURGEONS considered amputating a man's arm after he was savagely attacked in a street.

The 22-year-old was walking along Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, at 4am on Saturday, May 8, when his mobile phone was snatched.

He ran after the suspect and a woman into Bird-in-Hand Passage. The male suspect stopped and hit him, causing him to fall unconscious to the ground.

Cops believe he was struck with a heavy object.

Surgeons at Lewisham Hospital used metal plates to treat a double fracture to his arm and carried out skin grafts. But the doctors also had to decide whether or not to amputate his arm.

The attackers are described as black or Mediterranean and of scruffy appearan
e. The man wore a baseball cap and the woman wore a light-coloured jacket. Information to 020 8284 8437 or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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