A fifteen-year-old boy has been left in critical care after being brutally attacked by police in South London.

Terrell Decosta Jones-Burton, from South Bermondsey, London, was attacked on the evening of Tuesday 21st November as he was on his way home with his friends after police approached, accusing him of the robbery of a mobile phone.

The extent of his injuries as a result of contact with police over the alleged mobile phone theft are severe: on his way to hospital after the beating, Terrell had a seizure in the ambulance. It has since been confirmed that he has bruising on his brain. The bone inside his gum has also been broken and he has lost teeth as well as suffering from abdominal pain, which suggests trauma to the stomach.

Terrell has no criminal record and no history of investigation by police authorities.