I am reposting this since it was lost after website migration. My son (a child) was attacked on 7th July between 12 - 1pm by a man with a bike and a long pole. My son went out for a jog all by himself in the neighbourhood. The attacker chased him from across the street, shouted racially abusive and homophobic language, and finally beat him on the head with the pole. My son was knocked down to the ground and didn't see which way the attacker went. There was no one around on the residential street and it all happened very quickly. My son was extremely afraid of being followed and therefore ran towards the busy streets. He made a loop home and constantly checking around. He spotted the attacker's bike and pole outside a local pub. All these happened less than 10 minutes away from home. It involved Henslowe Road, Upland Road and Crystal Palace Road, as far as I am aware. As it's an ongoing police investigation, I would be very grateful if you can check your Ring/ CCTV footage and see if it picked up a man with bike and pole passing by on the 7th July. The investigation case reference number is 3020157/22. If there are more footage than what the pub has, the police would have more evidence to continue. This is the second time that my son was followed by the attacker. Back in April this year, the attacker followed him on Friern Road and used racist and homophobic language which he ignored. From the previous post, it seemed that there has been someone, who may or may not be the attacker, have had aggressive behavior that are known to some locals. It's very unsettling to know that the attacker hang around locally and have become more hostile and dangerous towards a child. The attacker is not going to stop there if he faces no consequcne for causing bodily and psychological harm. And it's completely unfair that our children can't go out in the neighbourhood just for a short peroid of time in the daylight while the attacker gets a free pass.