A MAN who is dumb was left with a black eye and a cut to his head after intervening in an argument in a fast food store in Ilford.

The 25-year-old Lithuanian man was inside Dixy Chicken in Ilford town centre at 1.40am on Saturday, January 17 when he tried to stop a fight between some other customers.

He was turned on by the men who overpowered him and assaulted him, leaving him with a bruised right eye and a small gash to the back of his head. Witnesses are asked to ring Ilford police on 8345 2779.