Attack of young man filmed and posted on the Internet

[13 May 2008]

Footage posted on the website YouTube on May 8 shows a gang of youths asking a young man for money and then beating him up.

The video suggests that the fight began when the man didn't have the 80p the gang demanded. The video takes place on a street at night, but there are no landmarks evident. Northamptonshire police are investigating the attack and YouTube has removed the film from its site.

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