Men attacked at knifepoint in Sheerness... only to see shopping stolen as well
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by Emma Grove
A pair of Kent businessmen attacked by knife-wielding villains
were astonished to discover some residents had stolen their
shopping after it had fallen in the road during the attack.
And it could have been worse for them, as the fit pair were able
to fight off their attackers.
David Lynch and Malcolm Hardy, who run Sheerness Travel
Agents, were making their way home from work when the
attackers struck.
Mr Lynch believes the attackers thought they would be carrying
money, but he said most of the business is done on credit
cards.
He added: "It was quite disgusting really as people came out of
a house nearby and nicked my shopping which had gone everywhere.
When a man was down they kicked him even further.
"I couldn’t believe it. You would think in a situation like that
they would help out."
The brothers had shut up shop at 5pm as usual and headed towards
their car. They usually walk via Trinity Road but on this
occasion had gone to the post office and entered the road from
Broadway end.
Normally they would have turned right into Newcomen Road from
Strode Crescent, but because they had come from the other
direction, turned left.
As they turned into the road in Sheerness, Kent, at about 5.05pm
they saw the two men standing by the door of their car.
One of the men was dressed in black and wearing a balaclava and
the other was wearing a grey hooded-top with a scarf wrapped around
his face.
Mr Lynch, 51, said they thought it was just two boys having a
joke.
The next moment, the man in black had stepped forward and
sprayed Mr Lynch in the face with what he believes to be pepper
spray, while the man in grey tried to stab him in the neck with an
eight-inch carving knife.
Fortunately for 6ft 2in Mr Lynch, he goes to the gym three times
a week to train for boxing, and was able to dodge out of the way
and the knife missed him by a couple of inches.
He then punched the man with the pepper spray while the other
man went for Mr Hardy, 64.
Mr Lynch hit his attacker a couple of times before the pepper
spray started to badly affect him.
Mr Hardy kicked his attacker who then went after Mr Lynch.
By this time the man in black had fled and Mr Lynch was trying
to walk back to Trinity Road and the man in grey came up behind him
and tried to stab him again.
Mr Lynch said: "I turned round to face him - I thought if I’m
going to get stabbed, I’m going to get stabbed.
"I shouted to Malcolm to get him and then he ran off as
well."
The brothers, who have run the travel agents for 40 years, were
treated at the scene by paramedics.
Police are still appealing for witnesses of the attack to come
forward.
The attackers are believed to be aged between 20 and 25.
Anyone who knows anything should call the Area Crime Unit on
01795 419366 or Kent Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800
555111.
Tuesday, March 09 2010
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