Woman Struck in Head with Glass Bottle in Brighton

A 24-year-old woman was attacked in the early hours of Monday, 30 May, in Brighton’s Trafalgar Street underpass. As she walked through the underpass around 1:00am, she was hit on the head by a glass bottle thrown from the bridge above near Brighton station.

The woman suffered a head laceration and required urgent hospital treatment.

Police Hunt Bottle-Thrower

British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. You can contact them by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 50. Quote reference 29 of 30 May.

Alternatively, you can report anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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