Police cordon off city street (From Daily Echo)
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Police cordon off city street
10:44am Thursday 26th July 2012 in News
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- Man in hospital after attack
- Part of Portswood Road cordoned off
- Numerous police officers on the scene
12:36pm
12:35pm Thu 26 Jul 12
OSPREYSAINT says
7 or 8 news items, all involving violence of some sort, what is going on?
12:09pm
Shopper Maria Beggins, 44, a cleaner, of Bourne Road South, said: “It's all been going on down here this morning - it's been quite dramatic.
“There are rumours of a stabbing but no one has told us anything. It's worrying.”
12:03pm
Stephen Smith, owner of Portswood Hardware, which was inside the cordon said he saw police arrive at 7am and officers cordon off part of the high street.
He said: “I've worked here 23 years but sadly this is a sign of the times. There were forensics on the scene later on because there was still blood on the pavement but we have not been told
anything. It seems very sad.”
11:25am
The only part of the cordon that remains is around the blood spatter on the pavement, where the attack took place:
11:23am
The police cordon has now been taken down. This is the scene currently:
11:10am
DC Stephen Thomas is investigating the attack. He can be contacted on the 101 number from within Hampshire or by calling Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
11:09am
The cordon around area was authorised to be taken down at 10.30am by police chiefs.
The police spokesman said officers were carrying out house to house inquiries this morning while scenes of crime officers were combing the area for evidence.
11:05am
The attacker has been described as white, with dark brown hair and under 30 years of age.
He was with a blonde woman and they walked off towards Gordon Avenue following the attack which happened just after midnight.
11:02am
The victim may have to undergo surgery as a result of the attack.
He was left with a suspected broken cheek bone and had a tooth knocked out.
He was taken to Southampton General Hospital.
11:00am
According to a police spokesman, a 41-year-old Southampton man was assaulted by younger man outside the Charcoal Grill burger and kebab bar and NatWest bank.
The victim had just come out of the kebab shop when he was punched to the floor, lifted up and kneed in the face.
10:53am
Just spotted police line around Charcol Grill, Portswood Rd, Southampton. Anyone know why it's there?
— @raveturned 26 July 2012
10:49am
The location of the incident.
10:47am
A member of the public who contacted the Daily Echo said: "There were about six or seven police cars there. It seemed something serious was going on, but police were remaining tight lipped about it."
10:46am
The cordon runs from the Natwest Bank to Barclays bank, on the western side of the street and a numbered cones have been put in place along the pavement.
10:45am
Police officers have cordoned off part of a major shopping street in Southampton.
Witnesses have described a number of officers on Portswood Road, conducting an investigation near the Charcoal Grill takeaway.
Comments(14)
peachy1
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11:02am Thu 26 Jul 12
ToastyTea
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12:33pm Thu 26 Jul 12
OSPREYSAINT
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12:35pm Thu 26 Jul 12
snapperdownunder
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12:36pm Thu 26 Jul 12
Condor Man
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12:44pm Thu 26 Jul 12
zprom
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12:45pm Thu 26 Jul 12
Georgem
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3:15pm Thu 26 Jul 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:There's more reporting of violence going on at the moment.
7 or 8 news items, all involving violence of some sort, what is going on?
Seriously, that's it. No reason to think there's been a sudden increase in the amount of violence in the city, just because the Echo have reported more.
Higginz
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3:40pm Thu 26 Jul 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Nice one, you got your comment in to the main story updates.
7 or 8 news items, all involving violence of some sort, what is going on?
Perhaps it stems from an overpopulated planet. Perhaps readers love a good violent story when it doesn't affect them, and so the local rag latches on to stories like this. Perhaps it's unusual, but simply coincidental, a point on the violent standard deviation chart at one of it's extremities. Perhaps it's related to the moon. Or perhaps we're all getting more and more mental, after some biological contamination 28 Days Later style. These thoughts/words are my own. Personally I find giving the missus a quick rabbit punch to the back of the head each day, keeps the violent streak in me away.
cantthinkofone
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6:26pm Thu 26 Jul 12
ToastyTea wrote:My guess would be provincial journalists with a new toy, far too eager to try it out.
Why is this a running story for ? yes it's awful what has happened to this person but it's not a murder or anything.
arthur dalyrimple
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8:15pm Thu 26 Jul 12
IronLady2010
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11:25pm Thu 26 Jul 12
chrismatthewsj
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4:17am Fri 27 Jul 12
Anyway, fun aside, I like the live story format and think it should be used more often when a reporter is on the scene. It gives us an insite into how a reporter works and how stories develop.
Thoughts are with the victim and I hope the person who did this is found.
beesdee
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12:31pm Fri 27 Jul 12
bigfella777 says...
10:46am Thu 26 Jul 12