Police want witnesses to assault on 12-year-old boy in Shrewsbury which was 'filmed on mobile phone'

Officers say that the assault happened at the park on Greenfield Street at around 6.20pm on September 13, and the boy suffered a nosebleed as well as a bump to the head.

Officers say the boy was assaulted by another boy.

The suspect is described as a white male, aged 15-18, around 5ft 3in tall, of slim build, with short brown hair. He was reported to have been wearing an orange and white shirt.

He was with a group of two girls and one other boy.

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "It’s believed that the assault was filmed by one of the group.

"We’d like to hear from anyone who was in the park at the time and saw the assault, or who may have seen the mobile phone footage."

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Castlefields & Bagley safer neighbourhood team on cb.snt@westmercia.police.uk quoting incident number 318 of September 13.

The Shropshire Star had met the alleged victim's parents, who asked to remain anonymous, at a community meeting in Greenfields.

Just over a dozen residents of Greenfields gathered at the area's Methodist Church on Tuesday, September 24 to express their concerns and worries for the safety of the community, especially the vulnerable and elderly.

The parents said the young boy was made to take his t-shirt off so that it wasn't stained by blood, told to get on his knees and to say 'sorry' for something before being attacked.

"They did it while filming the whole thing," said the mother of the boy. "He was punched in the head, face and nose just like that. He was naked from the waist up and said 'sorry'.

"The police said to just stay away from the boys, they never turned up," she claimed.

"He had to go to accident and emergency at the hospital and had a headache for three days."

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