A teenager who launched a brutal knife attack outside Croydon College is facing more than half a decade in prison. Kieron Salisbury, 20, strolled up to the victim and stabbed him twice in a brazen ambush outside the front entrance of Croydon University Centre, in College Road, on Monday, September 25, 2023, Croydon Crown Court heard on Wednesday (May 22).

CCTV footage of the bloody assault showed the victim leaning against a bollard with his electric scooter at around 1.15pm. Salisbury, wearing a grey hoodie and black face mask, then charged down the road and made a beeline for him. After thrusting a knife at the victim’s face, the pair struggled and Salisbury’s face mask was dislodged.

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