Assault in Haverhill Jubilee Walk and High Street sees boys, 12 and 13, punched and slapped by two men

Two teenage boys were punched and slapped by two men, with one of them also being hit with a van, in Haverhill earlier this month.

The incident took place on Saturday April 1 between 3.30pm and 4pm when one boy, 12, was punched in the head five times on Jubilee Walk by an unknown man which caused a lump above his eyebrow.

The offender then smashed the victim's phone on the floor, and shortly after hit the victim with his van in the bus station car park, causing him to fall to the ground with cuts to his knuckles and pain in his leg.

Another victim, a boy aged 13, was slapped around the face on High Street by a second man who was with the first offender.

The main offender is described as being a white man in his late 20s/early 30s, and of a large build. He had a strawberry blonde/ginger beard and was wearing a black beanie hat. He was thought to be wearing a dark blue jumper.

The man he was with is also described to be late 20s/early 30s with hair described as ‘messy’.

Both suspects were unknown to the victims.

Anyone who saw any suspicious activity or knows who was responsible should contact Haverhill police on 101 quoting crime reference 37/18937/23 for the offence that started in Jubilee Walk and 37/18942/23 for the High Street incident.