Hunt for women over vicious street robbery after man was battered and whipped with belt by gang who took his engagement ring [Video]

Police are hunting a group of people including two women caught on CCTV moments before a man was battered and whipped with a belt in a savage street mugging. 

The victim, a man in his 40s, had just finished work and had stopped to buy cigarettes when he was approached by five men and two women. 

Footage shows the man tying to run away but he was chased by the men and the women followed in tow on St James Street, in Nottingham.

The victim fell over a bollard and was kicked and punched in the ‘cowardly’ attack before having an engagement ring stolen outside the Fusion nightclub at around 4am on September 7.

Footage released by Nottinghamshire Police shows one of the thugs removing his belt which he used to whip the man as he lay on the ground.

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