Women beaten with baseball bat

3:59pm Wednesday 11th June 2008

Two women were beaten around the head with a baseball bat seconds after telling two young people "mind your language".

The savage attack happened outside the Co-op supermarket in Goring Road, Worthing.

The two women, aged 68 and 44, both of whom are believed to be from the Worthing area, were left needing hospital treatment.

Police said the incident was sparked after expletives were shouted by a teenage boy and a woman in her 20s in a car at another motorist.

One of the two women, who were walking along the pavement at the time, is reported to have made an innocuous comment of "mind your language".

At this, the woman in the car got out, followed by her companion who was brandishing a small baseball bat.

As shocked shoppers looked on, the man violently attacked the two women, beating them both around the head and the arms.

They were both covered in bruises as they tried in vain to protect themselves.

Both women suffered severe bruising and were taken to Worthing Hospital by ambulance as a precaution.

Their attackers made off in their car but were later arrested.

An 18-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman have since been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

Police have appealed for any witnesses to the attack, which happened at around 3.30pm on Monday, to contact PC Katrina Saunders on 0845 6070999 quoting serial 1347 of June 9.

Information can also be left anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Did you see what happened? Were you one of the women who were attacked? Call the newsdesk on 01273 544512.