Pensioner bravely fends off muggers who try to steal his poppy collection tin

Police are hunting two thugs who battered a hero pensioner in the street - because he refused to hand over his Poppy Appeal collection tin.

Grandfather Kieran Sharp, 67, had been out selling poppies last Saturday (4/11) night when he was brutally attacked.

Mr Sharp, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, was punched and kicked to the ground when he refused to hand over the nearly full collection tin.