Man stabbed in chest after revellers clash in University of Sussex car park

4:26pm Thursday 1st November 2012 in News

A man was stabbed with a weapon in a university car park after two gangs of revellers clashed.

A 21-year old man from Ramsgate was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital after receiving a cut to his chest following a fight in a car park in Park Village Road at the University of Sussex in Falmer.
 

A 20-year old man from North London has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and an 18-year old man from Winchester has been arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm.
 

As The Argus went to press, both men remained in police custody for questioning.
 

The incident took place after two different groups of men clashed after travelling on the N25 bus travelling from Brighton centre at 5am this morning.

One group got off the bus two stops earlier by clashed with the other at the bus stop in Park Village Road.
 

Sussex Police said the two groups were a mixture of students and friends and that the injured man was not a student at the university.
 

Detective Sergeant Julie Greenwood said: "We know there were other passengers on the bus during its journey and we would like to speak to them all.
 

“We are also keen to hear from anyone else who saw anything of what happened.”
 

Anyone with information should contact Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 0237 of 1/11.

 

Comments(3)

Maxwell's Ghost says...
8:02pm Thu 1 Nov 12

I have often posted on here that Sussex Police treat crime involving students differently to crime committed by young people who are not students. I hope Sussex Police and the wider public, now understand that sadly, even students get involved in serious crime in this town and it should not be considered as 'anti-social behaviour' or ' drunken student japes' and brushed off; and when members of the public call police about criminal activity in their communities being committed by student neighbours, the control centre handlers should not brush it off as anti-social behaviour for the council's environmental health team to deal with.
Crime is crime and residents should be supported when reporting crime no matter who is committing it.
I will be watching this case, to see if charges are brought, because you can bet if these lads were local/non-students they would be processed through the magistrates' court pretty swiftly.

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BURIRAM says...
3:49am Sat 3 Nov 12

Buses are full of students at 5am in the morning returning to university after drinking all night, is that what university is all about? Students seem to have a lot of money to spend on alcohol which leads to unsocial behavior.
The council are also to blame for allowing alcohol to be sold all through the night,

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D360 says...
2:49pm Sat 3 Nov 12

Yes all night drinking is part of the "university experience" for many, but being stabbed in the chest generally isn't

Maxwell's Ghost is there a point in your post somewhere?

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