GIRL BEATEN TO PULP...FOR BEING ENGLISH

A YOUNG woman was brutally attacked for being English – by a hate-filled Scot who heard her accent. Lucy Newman, 22, was punched so hard she suffered a cracked cheekbone, two black eyes and damaged eye nerves. The nursery nurse revealed that the thug told her: “Get back to England.” And moments later she was punched hard in the face. Pretty Lucy, originally from Cheltenham, Glos, has been living in Scotland with her family for 18 years and still has a slight English accent. She was out at night with pals in Aberdeen when the attack happened at around 2am. Two men walked past and made a comment and one smashed her in the face. Lucy said: “I don’t even know what happened after they made the comment because it all happened so fast. But I was hit on the face and I fell over. “I was on the ground with my head pouring with blood.” Her dad Leslie said: “Lucy’s been in Scotland since she was four, but sometimes she’s still got an English twang. “We think that’s why this happened. She was talking and singing with her pal. “The guy heard her accent and just smacked her in the face. It is unforgivable.” Lucy now faces an anxious wait to see if she needs surgery on her injuries. Police are hunting Lucy’s attacker, but have been unable to trace the attack on CCTV footage from the night. A Grampian force spokesman confirmed that inquiries were ongoing. later we arrested the man but let him go without charge.