Girl, 4, hurt in brutal brick attack
A four-year-old girl was left unconscious and with glass in her face after thugs threw a brick at her father's van.
The group of around 15 youths were reacting to the man's request not to kick their ball at his vehicle, the Daily Mail reported.
The girl, Jersey-Lou, was left with a broken nose and a bloody, swollen face in the brutal attack in Grimsby, England. The brick also knocked her two front teeth out.
The brick was thrown at Kyle Perry's van just as he was starting to drive off by an assailant who jumped out from behind a wall.
Mr Perry was left in shock by the attack: "I can not believe that someone could do this to a child - who throws a house brick at an innocent little girl?
"The coward who has done this to my little girl has to hand themselves in to the police.
"He could have killed her."
Mr Perry recalled the terrifying incident.
"Jersey-Lou, my partner and my other daughter were with me in the van - they were strapped into the passenger seats.
"I had pulled over when a group of lads started kicking a ball up against the door.
"It was scaring the girls so I got out and told them to pack it in because I had young kids inside.
"A group of about 12 to 15 of them started to walk towards me. I got back in the van and was going to drive away.
"I started driving off and a guy who had been hiding behind a wall jumped out and threw something.
"I heard glass smashing and looked over to see if everyone was all right.
"That's when I saw Jersey-Lou had been hit. She was out cold and there was blood everywhere."
Jersey-Lou was taken to the Diana, Princess Of Wales Hospital, in Grimsby for treatment.
The extent of her long-term damage won't be known until after she's examined by a bone doctor.
"If I was the parent of the coward responsible for this then I would be completely ashamed and the first thing I would do would be to drag them down to the police station," said Jersey-Lou's mother, Laura Mussell.
