Peckham Rye Park Attack - August 22

[MrsR]

Peckham Rye Park ‘random’ attack by group: Man injured | News Shopper

Edited Thursday at 13:57 by MrsR

[first mate]

How awful. After the spate of water bomb assaults by a group of youths a few weeks ago this is bad news.

[Earl Aelfheah]

38 minutes ago, MrsR said:

Peckham Rye Park ‘random’ attack by group: Man injured | News Shopper

Awful. Cowardly behaviour by these thugs.

I hope he recovers quickly.

[Sally Eva]

I quote from the News Shopper

A post on social media network Nextdoor by someone who says they know the victim expands on their reported injuries.

This is not exactly first hand. The mET say

A 48-year-old man alleges he was injured

[Angelina]

Given the recent and numerous reportings of violence and intimidation, this was preventable and it just beggars the question of what actually gets the police up and doing something.

[Penguin68]

That would be non crime hate speech

[Angelina]

No, it was a man physically attacked in the woods in Peckham Rye park around 9pm one evening in the summer. 

[Sue]

5 hours ago, Sally Eva said:

I quote from the News Shopper

A post on social media network Nextdoor by someone who says they know the victim expands on their reported injuries.

This is not exactly first hand. The mET say

A 48-year-old man alleges he was injured

😮

Interesting wording by the Met. Do you have a link to that?

Are they just being very careful what they say, or are there any grounds to suspect the man wasn't telling the truth?

3 hours ago, Angelina said:

No, it was a man physically attacked in the woods in Peckham Rye park around 9pm one evening in the summer. 

Do you have a link to that other than what's already been posted? 

[Sally Eva]

Mine came from linked story in the the News Shopper, an advertising dependent free sheet, quoting (social media) Next Door, an un-named person who supposedly knew the attacked person and the met who say they were called, don't mention any injuries and say "alleged". 

 

 

[Angelina]

1 hour ago, Sue said:

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Interesting wording by the Met. Do you have a link to that?

Are they just being very careful what they say, or are there any grounds to suspect the man wasn't telling the truth?

Do you have a link to that other than what's already been posted? 

The news was circulated on our local social media group - I don't know what is on standard media

[se22cat]

This is horrible to hear about. We used to get daily Police patrols on foot & even regular patrols on horseback in the area. I know our local station had some bad eggs, but the officers I came across in the area back then were all a fantastic bunch. Sadly nowadays the Met's presence is non-existent, bar the weekly walk from the SNT.

I hope something gets done, arrests made and the victim some genuine support and counselling. 

 

[Sue]

If you read the article posted above, it is all very carefully worded.

However I've found this:

https://uknip.co.uk/news/uk/uk-news/peckham-rye-park-attack-man-seriously-injured-august-2025/

 

[kiera]

Notice in a local shop

[Sue]

1 hour ago, kiera said:

Notice in a local shop

The police have "refused to take the fingerprints from it"?

That's a bit odd, isn't it? Why would they do that?

[Angelina]

Why is it left to a friend of the victim to seek information? 

[Sue]

10 minutes ago, Angelina said:

Why is it left to a friend of the victim to seek information? 

There's something odd about the whole thing.

Why has it not been in the local press? Or has it?