Connex Bus company is holding a full internal inquiry after a musician suffered a fractured skull when he was attacked on a bus in South Norwood.

Nana Aaron claims the bus driver did not do enough to help him when he was beaten by two men on the lower deck of the vehicle in Northcote Road on February 10.

As reported in last week's Croydon Guardian, the 30-year-old was left with the head injury after he complained of passengers smoking on the Morden-bound 157 bus and was beaten up by the culprits.

Mr Aaron said: "I was in hospital for five days as they thought I had a head fracture. My whole body still aches."

A spokesman for Connex Bus, a division of Connex Transport UK Limited, said the company is holding a full inquiry.

She added: "Our thoughts are with the young man and his family. It's a dreadful incident which our managing director Tania Morris is investigating fully. Assaults on our staff and passengers will not be tolerated.Our driver did press the emergency button twice during the incident."

Anyone with information should call 020 8768 1212, with any details.