Paddock Wood teenage girl, 16, has glass bottle smashed in her face by mugger

A 16-year-old girl had her purse stolen by a mugger who smashed a glass bottle across her face in Paddock Wood last week.

She was walking through an estate in Transfesa Road when she was targeted from behind, grabbed, pulled backwards and then hit with the bottle.

Her purse fell to the ground in the attack and her attacker ran off with it. The girl suffered a cut to the bridge of her nose and was treated at hospital.

DC Stuart Cook, from Kent Police, said: "Due to the suddenness of this attack the victim in unable to describe her attacker in any way, and it's not known which direction he/she fled in."

It happened between 6.30pm and 7pm last Friday, but police have only just released details.

Witnesses or anyone with information is asked to phone Kent Police on 101, quoting reference 19-1410, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.