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A charity volunteer has condemned the state of a town centre after he was attacked by two youths while out shopping. Anthony Boxell, 51, says Ashford is now home to just “coffee shops, nail bars, and a bunch of thugs” after he was set upon in Park Mall shopping centre. The Kennington resident says the incident was sparked when he intervened in a dispute involving the two youngsters and another pair of youths in North Street. The YMCA charity shop worker was then followed to the nearby mall, where he took refuge in the Warhammer gaming store before being attacked inside the Made in Ashford shop…

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