CCTV appeal after seven thugs attack Chelmsley Wood shopkeeper

VIOLENT ATTACK: Police want to speak to these men in
relation to the attack on the shopkeeper in April

SEVEN men armed with baseball bats and a hammer attacked a shopkeeper at a small Chelmsley Wood store.

The brutal assault happened at the Arbor Way Convenience Store on April 1 and police are appealing for help to find the thugs responsible.

The attack happened following a dispute between the store and a teenage customer.

A row had erupted after 18-year-old Ryan Harrison was asked to leave his dog outside and subsequently banned from the premises.

He returned to the shop with six other men and carried out the attack, leaving the victim with bruised ribs, cuts and eye injuries.

Harrison, of Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, was arrested and found guilty last month of grievous bodily harm against the shopkeeper and actual bodily harm in relation to another member-of-staff.

On May 16, Birmingham Crown Court handed him a 54 month prison sentence.

Now police want to catch those who had returned to the store with him to carry out the attack. These CCTV images show two of the men who officers are keen to speak to in relation to the assault.

If you recognise either of them or have any other information, call police on 101.