Yorkshire financier battered with brick
Andrew Billington, originally from Harrogate, was attacked after leaving a concert in the city.
He is being treated for serious injuries following the brutal assault.
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Hide AdThe 37-year-old expatriate, who went to Harrogate Grammar School, is believed to work for media and finance giant Thomson Reuters.
He was assaulted after he took his girlfriend to see the Welsh rock band the Stereophonics on Saturday night on the city’s upper West Side.
Police in New York say his attacker approached him from behind before hitting him over the head with a brick wrapped in a cloth.
He fell to the ground and was again hit in the face before his attacker rifled through his pockets while his terrified girlfriend looked on.
The assailant is believed to have fled empty-handed.
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Hide AdMr Billington suffered a range of head and neck injuries and is being treated at the city’s Bellevue Hospital. He reportedly remembers little about the attempted robbery.
Officers from NYPD have issued a CCTV image of the assailant who is believed to be a homeless man.
Mr Billington was educated at Harrogate Grammar School before going on to study law at Newcastle University. He graduated to work at financial firm Grant Thornton and then secured a position in finance for supermarket chain Safeway. He joined Thomson Reuters in 2004.
He moved to New York in 2009 and is a keen runner competing around the world. He took part in the London Marathon this year, raising $3,000 for a donkey sanctuary with a 3hr 17min run.