Police are appealing for witnesses to a Thornton Heath gang brawl in the early hours of yesterday morning (Wednesday) which has left a man in hospital suffering from serious head injuries.

At 00.20 yesterday morning, police were called to the fight between two groups of men in Furse Road. One man was found with serious head injuries and wounds to his back and hands.

He was taken to to a London Hospital where he is in a stable condition.

Police are trying to trace two dark coloured vehicles seen in the area around the time of the fight.

Anyone with any information should call Croydon CID on 020 8649 0134 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

April 18, 2002 11:00