A man assaulted two Lincoln students last week, one of them
inside the College grounds. Police were called shortly after 1am
on Saturday morning, when the man attacked a student on the
street before entering Lincoln House and assaulting another
student. He was restrained by one of the victim’s friends
until the police arrived. Jason Pawluk, a Lincoln Student, was crossing Turl Street to
Lincoln House directly opposite the college. He told Cherwell a
man approached him in his early twenties who “appeared to be
heavily intoxicated.” The student tried to avoid the drunken man but suffered a
glancing blow: “I was uninjured but a little shaken by the
experience.” Shortly after, the intruder entered Lincoln
House where he assaulted Alex Bates, a student from Hertford
College before another Hertford student, Andrew Macdonald,
wrestled the man to the ground. Witness Sasha Taylor, of
Magdalen, and friends were leaving after an evening spent at a
school reunion. The man sped past Taylor, but she merely presumed
he was a Lincoln student returning from a night out, until she
turned to see Macdonald fighting with the intruder. The police then arrived to find the man restrained and the
situation under control. Taylor explained, “I waited until
the police had intervened and then went across to see how Andrew
was, when I found that it was Alex who had the real shock in
taking the initial punch.” The police warned the drunken man that his behaviour was
unacceptable, but decided not to arrest him.ARCHIVE: 2nd week TT 2004
Attacker strikes in Lincoln
