Portsmouth teenager is locked up for five years for unprovoked street attack in Fratton Â

Early on Monday, July 23 two separate groups of people were attacked by a group of youths near the Esso petrol station in Kingston Road in an unprovoked assault.

A 16-year-old boy hit and kicked his victim, a 44-year-old man, while he was lying on the floor unconscious. He suffered multiple cuts to his face, lost two teeth and had a broken cheek bone.

The 16-year-old boy from Portsmouth was sentenced to five years in a young offender's institute, after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent.

Det Con Sam Hockley said: '˜This was a particularly nasty, unprovoked attack, which knocked the victim unconscious and unable to talk for some time.

'˜I hope the sentence that this young offender has received will help the victim put the ordeal of the assault behind him.'

An 18-year-old man and a 30-year-old man from Portsmouth who were also arrested in connection with the incident are still under investigation.