A MUM has hit out after her teenage son was attacked in a Poole park by two men who stole his phone.

Julie Winsor said her son Ryan, 15, was set upon, headbutted and punched as he walked past Branksome Recreation Ground.

The St Aldhelm’s Academy pupil said the men, in their 20s, mocked him as they beat him up in full view of passing cars on Alder Hills.

Ryan, who says the assault lasted around 10 minutes, said: “Nobody stopped to help.

“One of the men said: ‘Just leave him, he’s only a kid’ but as soon as he said that he punched me in the jaw.

“I think he was mocking me.”

The thugs held Ryan’s wrist and continued to beat him as he cowered on the ground.

When he dropped his phone they picked it up and ran off, leaving Ryan nursing a lump on his head and a sore jaw.

Two women who were with the men, who were carrying bottles of beer, left as the attack started.

One of the men is described as around 5ft 9inches – 5ft 10 inches tall, with short dark hair and a flat-bridged nose.

The other was 5ft 5ins tall with blond, grey hair and a long nose, the victim said.

Mum Julie, 48, says he was crying when he arrived home in Apple Close, Branksome.

“A friend who called his mobile number afterwards was told Ryan had been left dead in a ditch,” the mum-of-four said.

“Passers-by might have thought it was just kids messing about and not realised that a boy was being attacked by two men in their 20s.

“I think it was horrific and cowardly. It was on the main road on the pavement under street lights so very visible.”

The assault, which happened between 9.30pm and 10pm last Wednesday, was reported to police.

Anyone with information should call Dorset Police on the non-emergency number 101