West End actor left blind in one eye details horrific attack after being ‘let down’ by authorities: ‘They haven’t done right by me’
A West End actor and musician has told GB News he feels “let down” and “done wrong” by the police after being left blinded in one eye following an attack.
Mike Holoway, best known for being the record holder as Joseph in Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat and a member of band Flintlock, was randomly attacked by a thug at traffic lights in Beckton, East London.
Detailing the horrific ordeal, Holoway told host Martin Daubney: “On December 18 last year, in the morning in London, I was going about my business to deliver something to someone, and I heard a banging on my car door.
“The handle was being rattled, but I lock my door in London, and the next thing I knew a fist with something metal had just punched through the driver’s window into my face and knocked me over to the passenger seat.”
Holoway revealed the extensive medical attention needed on his eye, and how he currently has six stitches “holding my eyeball together”, awaiting further surgery in a bid to regain sight in the affected eye.
Holoway explained: “I ended up in Moorfields Eye Hospital on December 19, and my lovely wife was incredible.
“I had an operation, and currently, as I sit opposite you, I have six stitches holding my eyeball together, and I’ve got at least three more operations to hopefully get my sight back.”
Describing his attacker, Holoway told GB News that he arrived at the scene in a “dark van”, but was unable to grab a picture of the number plate due to how quickly the attack happened.
Holoway then admitted that he feels “let down” by the police, as the case was dropped after just three weeks as “no CCTV was available”.
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Holoway said: “All I can say is that I do feel let down, because it’s GBH. It’s not just stealing a handbag, not that that’s making a small issue of that, that’s bad enough.
“But being GBH, they dropped the case after three weeks. No CCTV available – ANPR is rife in London. It’s beggars belief.”
Opening up on the personal impact the attack has had, Holoway added that he feels “very angry” that the case has been dropped as he is “unable to work” due to his injuries.
Holoway told Martin: “It made me so angry. I am getting help from victim support because they’re very good, but I don’t feel the police have done right by me by dropping the case so early, but I’ve got a witness to it.
“This is life changing and this is so impactful, I can’t tell you.”
Asked about his fundraising page, Holoway thanked those who had donated to his cause already for their support.
He concluded: “GoFundMe is the platform which is stunning, and all you people running that, you’re amazing human beings, and thank you so much for your support too Martin and GB News.
“Thank you so much to all the specialists, the team there and my wife, my family, everyone has been incredible to rally around this, because I’m not going to make light of the fact that this is so impactful, and that’s why we had no choice.”
GB News has approached the Metropolitan Police for comment.