Man Blinded by Mixed-Race Beggar

ITV
December 21, 2013

The victim was repaid for his kindness in giving the mixed race beggar a cigarette, by being stabbed in the eye and blinded.
The victim was repaid for his kindness in giving the mixed race beggar a cigarette, by being stabbed in the eye and blinded.

A man has lost his sight in one eye after he was stabbed by a man begging for cash in Spices restaurant on Soho Road in Birmingham.

It happened on the evening of Thursday 5 December.

The victim gave the beggar a cigarette but when he refused to give the beggar cash, he was hit in the eye.

Police have now released this image of a man they want to speak to.

He’s described as mixed race, and 5’6″ tall. He was wearing a light grey hooded top with white writing.