A MAN is fighting for his life after being assaulted.
The 23-year-old was rushed to Whipps Cross Hospital, in Leytonstone, with a serious head injury after being attacked outside Percy Ingle bakery and Strictly Silver jewellers, in Old Church Road, shortly before 1.30am on Sunday morning.
He has since been transferred to the National Hospital for Neurology, in central London, where he is in a critical condition.
It is not believed a weapon was used in the assault.
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