Cyclist kicks man in assault on Wirral Way

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Cyclist kicks man in assault on Wirral Way

At around 10am on Wednesday 1 September, a man is his 50s was walking his
dogs on the Wirral Way near to Melloncroft Drive West in Caldy, in the
direction of Thurstaston.

A male cyclist rode past at speed, almost hitting his dogs. The victim
asked the cyclist to slow down, and the cyclist stopped, got off his bike
and punched the victim twice to the face, pushed him to the ground and
kicked him in the head. He then rode off towards Thurstaston.

Passers-by came to the assistance of the victim, who sustained facial
bruising and swelling, cuts to the head and multiple bruises and grazes
across his body. Enquiries are ongoing.

The suspect is described as white, mid to late 20s, 5ft 8in tall, of a slim
muscular build. He has light ginger, short hair with a short ginger stubble
beard. He did not have a local accent but was well-spoken, and was wearing
all black lycra cycling gear which included black three quarter length
lycra shorts and a black lycra top and black cycling shoes. He was not
wearing a helmet. The bike was a black coloured road bike, possible a
Boardman model.

Detective Constable Lyndsey Shone said, “This was a completely unprovoked
and disturbing attack on a man who was simply walking his dogs in the area.
We’re grateful to all of those passing by who assisting the victim, and
would like to speak to all of those people to establish what they saw, so
if you haven’t come forward yet, please do so.

“Our enquiries are ongoing but if you recognise the suspect from this
description, witnessed the incident or have any dashcam, CCTV or doorbell
footage locally which might identify him, please let us know and we will
take action.

“Such despicable behaviour has no place in Merseyside and we’ll do all we
can to put the person responsible before the courts.”

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact @MerPolCC on
Twitter or ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’ on Facebook with reference
21000607986.

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