Shocking dashcam footage shows moment pair of thugs kicked and punched two young men in savage street attack
Zak Farmer and William Atkins, both 20, were caught on the camera of a passing taxi driver - and even seen punching one of the victims as he lay unconscious
THIS shocking dashcam footage shows the moment a pair of thugs kicked and punched two young men in a savage street attack.
Zak Farmer and William Atkins, both 20, were caught carrying out the senseless attack on the camera of a passing taxi driver, who had been called to the area for a fare.
Farmer even carried on battering one of the victims as he lay unconscious on the pavement in Colchester, Essex.
The violent duo attacked the pair when two rival groups met in the town centre in the early hours of September 11.
Farmer, of Colchester, and Atkins, of Clacton, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and will be sentenced next month.
One of the victims suffered a bleed on his brain during the attack.
The taxi driver, who captured the footage but does not wish to be named, said: "It was brutal. As I arrived I immediately went to the chap who was knocked out first.
"I put him in the recovery position and when I knew he was comfortable, I went to the other guy and put him in the recovery position as well.
"Atkins actually came back and pretended he didn't know what had happened.
"He was going off on one, saying: 'What's happened here? Who's done this?' as if he didn't know.
"Then a friend came back and grabbed him and said: 'We have got to go now'."
He added: "By then the first guy was so limp, he had actually rolled out of the recovery position."
He then claims to have unsuccessfully asked for help from security staff.
The cabbie added: "The funny thing was it was actually the Military Police and the ambulance who arrived on the scene.
"I suppose, it being the time of the day, Essex Police would have been really stretched."
The driver then picked up a passenger and took them to a nearby address.
When he returned, he said one of the victims was still being treated by medics.
The taxi driver left all his details with Military Police officers but claims they were not passed onto their Essex Police counterparts.
Detectives were only made aware of his footage when he arrived at Colchester police station the next morning to make sure his details had been passed on.
Farmer is in breach of two suspended sentences, for burglary and theft, while Atkins, is in breach of four suspended sentences, including for criminal damage, wounding and battery.
It comes after another taxi driver dashcam captured a shocking attack in the middle of a busy London intersection when the would-be attacker ended up being assaulted himself.
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