Asyraf Haziq

This is 20-year-old Malaysian student Asyraf Haziq, whose mugging in ghetto Barking shocked the country. He was punched in the face and knocked from his bicycle. Dazed, bleeding and suffering from a broken jaw, he was helped to his feet so that his attackers could rob his rucksack without bending down! It must count as one of the most cowardly and despicable attacks ever caught on mobile phone. He's a brave young man who's managed to give TV interviews despite having metal in his mouth to hold his jaw together. A fund to help him has raised more than £22,000. Today, Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz gave him and his family a guided tour of Parliament (title link). At the weekend one of his attackers appeared in court: Reece Donovan of Chadwell Heath, ghetto Romford. The thug ... er ... suspect has been remanded in custody and given the dubious distinction of having his profile painted by Julia Quenzler, the BBC court artist (CLICK). And CLICK for her painting of the Princess Royal in the dock in 2002, among other famous/infamous faces.