Bus passenger, 40, fights for his life after attack

A man has been left fighting for his life after he was attacked with riding a bus in Brixton on Thursday, as the perpetrator is charged with attempted murder. 

According to the Metropolitan Police, the attack aboard the route 59 bus on Brixton Road took place at around 10.20 am, and the unnamed victim, 40, was taken to hospital following the violent incident, where he remains in critical condition. 

The victim's family have reportedly been notified. 

Meanwhile, 39-year-old Nathan Grant of Lambeth Walk, Brixton, was charged yesterday with attempted murder and theft on Friday and appeared at Croydon Crown Court today. 

He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday, December 20. 

No weapons were used in the incident, police said, but  the Specialist Crime Command has launched an investigation. 

Police are asking for anyone with information or access to CCTV, mobile phone, doorbell or dashcam footage of the incident to come forward. 

It comes after it was reported last month that a teenage girl was left needing 50 stitches and reconstructive surgery after a horrific attack, where her face was 'bitten off' by a stranger on a bus. 

Ella Dowling, 19, got on her usual bus home when fellow passenger, Darren Taylor, 53, began making inappropriate comments about her and her friends.

As Ella sat down, Taylor grabbed her face and repeatedly bit her nose and mouth during a horrific five-minute ordeal.

The right side of her lip had also been split open and she suffered 'visible bite marks' over her nose and mouth.

The teen was swiftly taken to Cheltenham Hospital before being transferred to Gloucester Hospital for emergency surgery.