Thug leaves grandmother, 78, with two black eyes and covered in bruises following shocking unprovoked daylight attack
Joyce Holden was punched in the face as she made her way home from the shops
THESE shocking pictures show the battered face of a grandmother who was beaten up in an unprovoked daylight attack.
Joyce Holden, 78, was approached from behind and punched in the face by a man as she made her way home from the shops.
She said her attacker then calmly walked away after carrying out the random assault.
The pensioner was taken to hospital for x-rays on her injured foot and ankle which were not broken.
Joyce, a gran-of-two from Blackpool, Lancashire, said the thug needed to be caught "for his own good" before he strikes again.
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She added: "I was just walking with my shopping when it happened. He barged right into me and hit me right in the face, right in my eye. He's then just carried on walking down the street.
"He came flying up from behind me and it just felt like 'bang', I dropped straight to the ground - the next thing I know he's gone.
"I don't understand, he's not tried to rob me, he's just hit me. This man needs to be caught. He might do it again or he might be someone who really needs help.
";He needs to be caught for his own good."
Joyce, a mum-of-three, said she and her family were baffled and had no idea why he attacked her.
Her daughter Katrine Holden, 35, said: "Mum was just going about her business and somebody has done this to her.
"The bruising looks terrible. Mum said he looked very angry.
"Why would anyone do this. This person might really need some help, he might be a very disturbed individual.
"We don't want this to happen again."
The man was white, in his twenties, and wearing a blue jacket.
Police said: "We would ask anyone with information on this incident to come forward and help us with our enquiries."
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