Man karate-kicked traffic warden in the head

This is the shocking moment a traffic warden was karate-kicked in the head by a shaven-headed thug as he prepared to issue a parking ticket.

Shocking CCTV footage shows how the officer was attacked after being approached by thn men as he took down a c registration number.

The kick was so forceful that the warden fell to the ground and had to be treated in hospital.

The footage shows the three men approaching the warden as he notes the details of a car parked on a pavement over double yellow lines in Leicester.

One of the men spits into the officer's notebook as he walks past.

The warden is also poked in the face with a pen.

Seconds later, one of the men steps away from the officer and launches into a sickening kick at his head, knocking him to the pavement and sending his hat flying.

The three men then flee the scene, running towards a nearby supermarket while passers-by rush to help the stricken warden.

The injured man, in his early thirties, was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary and treated for severe bruising to his face and head.

The incident happened outside a florist's shop at midday   on   Saturday, September 1.

Businessman Bob Young, whose CCTV cameras filmed the attack, said: 'The thing that shocks me is the guy was doing his job.

'They are not drivers, they are people just walking down the street and they've set about a person doing his public duty, and that is just not acceptable.

'It was horrendous. It was just a random attack, there was no reason for it at all.