Hero helper in hospital

A HERO who stepped in to help when he witnessed an assault is in a critical condition in hospital.

The unnamed man, in his 60s, suffered a suspected hear attack after he went to assist a woman he says was being forced into a van.

He was t aken f or treatment to Colchester General Hospital, in Essex, where he still remains.

Officers arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a woman following the incident, in Colchester, at about 8pm on Thursday evening.