A WARDEN who stood and watched as a teenager was repeatedly kicked in the head by a gang of youths has been praised for behaving "absolutely correctly."

Cllr Abdul Jabar, Executive Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety, has spoken out about the attack in Centenary Sqaure after the 'City Park custodian' was slammed on social media for not helping the 15-year-old boy.

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A video - taken at 4pm on Sunday - shows the boy being dragged off his bike and into the Mirror Pool water before several other boys kick him in the head like a football.

Cllr Jabar said: “This footage shows a very disturbing incident but fortunately events like this are rare in City Park.

“As soon as our City Park custodian saw the youths gathering he informed out CCTV team who called the police. He then approached the youths to tell them that the police were on their way.

“Our City Park custodians are not security guards, their role is to provide customer service, maintenance and cleaning. They are under strict instructions not to intervene in events such as this, but to call police who are the appropriate professionals to deal with such incidents.

“The employee, who behaved absolutely correctly, then also went to the aid of the injured youth.

“As a result of his actions the police were on the scene quickly to investigate and prevent further trouble.

“As this is now a criminal investigation we cannot say any more about it but we reiterate that City Park receives many thousands of visitors every year who enjoy themselves without any trouble whatsoever.”

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of assault.