Age: 26
Sex: male
Date: 3 Jun 2008
Place: College Road, Saltley, West Midlands
Adil Hussain suffered a depressed fracture to his skull after being attacked in College Road, Saltley on 1 June 2008.
The police said that they thought he had been attacked by two men in the early hours of Sunday 1 June and then left for dead. The attackers were said to have fled on foot.
He had been beaten over the head. He was found unconscious at about 12.30am and taken to hospital where he died on Tuesday 3 June 2008 after relatives agreed to have his life-support machine switched off.
Four men were arrested shortly after but no charges were made. They were:
The police described the attack as brutal and sustained.
The police spent three days at the crime scene searching for clues.