West End star blinded in horror road rage as thug 'punches' through car window

A West End star has been left blind in one eye following a horrific attack while he was waiting at traffic lights. Mike Holoway, 63, needed stitches in his right eyeball after an assailant smashed a metal object through his van window in East London.

This incident has resulted in Mike needing three more surgeries over nine months in an attempt to save his vision. Mike, who played the lead role in 'Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat' for four years, believes the attack was an attempted robbery.

The assault took place on December 18, with Mike describing the subsequent weeks as a "roller coaster". He shared on Instagram that his eye is stable but it will take "many months ahead" to heal.

Speaking to The Sun, Mike recalled the terrifying experience, explaining how a man "smashed his fist through the driver's side window", hitting him directly in the face and knocking him across to the passenger seat. "I had to have metallic fragments pulled out of my face," he said.

"You think you know how you can react in these situations. But I saw stars. I didn't know what the hell was going on.", reports the Mirror.

It is believed that the attacker was holding a knuckle-duster or small weighted metal object when he targeted Mike in his vehicle. A GoFundMe page set up by Mike's wife suggests that the attacker was scared off when the traffic started moving again and quickly fled in his own van.

She said: "In a matter of seconds, Mike's life was turned upside down and over this past month, between several trips to Moorfields for appointments and check ups, the gravity of the situation has started to sink in and at times it is overwhelming, made all the more frustrating finding out that within 3 weeks of this happening, the Met Police