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Police Seek Witnesses After Violent Assault on 15-Year-Old Near Sefton Park

Detectives are focusing on Croxteth Drive, requesting CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage.

Overview

  • Officers were called around 8.40pm on Tuesday, March 17, after reports that two people attacked a 15-year-old on Croxteth Drive near Sefton Park.
  • The teenager sustained wounds to his head and legs and remains in a stable condition at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
  • A police cordon and forensic work have covered part of Croxteth Drive near St Hilda’s High School, and a footpath linking to Ullet Road was taped off.
  • Merseyside Police say no arrests have been made as enquiries continue under Detective Inspector Natalie Charlesworth.
  • Volunteers at Sefton Park Community Centre assisted the injured boy before emergency services arrived, and St Hilda’s stayed open although its staff car park fell inside the cordon.