A gang "laughed" as they beat up a homeless man before setting fire to his belongings in the early hours of this morning.The fire, which was tackled by a crew from Croydon Fire Station, threatened to spread to shops on the Lower Addiscombe Road, where the attack took place.Witnesses say the victim has been sleeping rough in the doorway of a disused shop on the road for a few weeks. In the early hours of this morning residents saw a group of young men attacking the homeless man and...
