By Nodd Gooding

It’s Saturday night, and students are filing into The Rocket to take advantage of their ‘wonderful’ deal whereby much of the produce will only cost £1: ‘Quids Night’.
Snakebites are flowing, double shots are ordered as standard and the drunken slurs of a-hundred or so people can be heard shouting so loudly that no matter how metaphorically it was meant by the Kings of Leon, you are now convinced that your Sex actually is On Fire.

Unfortunately, on the night of Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th of December last year, there was a darker side to all this joviality. At approximately 1:55am, David, a well-liked former member of staff at The Rocket, was left facially scarred and blinded in one eye by an attacker wielding glass.
Despite being in full view of many of the patrons close to the pool tables, the copious amounts of alcohol taken in by most people seems to have clouded people’s memories of the “unprovoked” assault.

Since it happened, the police have been questioning customers as they enter the pub on occasional Saturday nights to see if they can jog any recollections of that appalling event.
Posters have also been displayed all over University of London property, appealing to those who may have seen something to come forward, but still the culprit goes free.

Regulars at the popular student pub on the Euston Road will know that as a result of the attack, ‘Quids night’ has been moved to Tuesday – when people are less willing to get so hammered, and the bar closes early.
Measures are being taken to stop vicious assaults happening again within the pub grounds, but only time will tell if they work.

However, the strongest way to make The Rocket, and other pubs, safer is to catch criminals such as David’s attacker, which is why the police, The Rocket’s regulars, and the staff are still appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

If you have any information on the assault, please contact with one of the following:
DC Brammer at The Serious Violence Unit by calling: 020 8733 6576 / 6575.
The Staff or management at The Rocket.
Or, If you would like to remain anonymous, Crime Stopper by calling: 0800 555111, and quoting the crime reference: 2336122/08.