POLICE in London are hoping to trace a kind-hearted Irish woman who helped a young man after she witnessed him being attacked with a vodka bottle.
The brutal assault occurred at around 11.30pm on Friday, June 30 this year at Hampton Wick station in south-west London.
The British Transport Police (BTP) have re-issued an appeal for information and would like to find the woman, who spoke with an Irish accent and walked the 22-year-old victim home.
A second CCTV image of the man police wish to speak to about the incident (Picture: BTP)The unknown Good Samaritan is yet to come forward to police.
The BTP said the man targeted in the attack had been walking down a staircase towards the station's exit by the main road when two men came up from behind before one of them grabbed a cigarette from his hand.
The victim turned around and one of the men struck him on the head with a vodka bottle, police said.
He required hospital treatment after sustaining a large cut to his head and bruising to both his eye and cheekbone.
A number of members of the public stepped in to help the man including the unknown Irish woman police now wish to speak to.
After the BTP's original appeals, an 18-year-old man from Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames was interviewed and reported for ABH assault in relation to the offence.
As part of the ongoing investigation officers have released a CCTV image of a second man they want to speak to in connection with the incident as he may have information which could assist in their enquiries.
Anyone who may have witnessed the attack or have any information about the incident is asked to call the British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or text information to 61016, quoting reference number 222 14/7/17.
