Pictured: The moment a suit wearing robber stages a brutal bottle attack on two female medical students

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Wearing a suit and tie, Slovenian Marko Kontestabile hit the two 20-year-olds over the head with a bottle as they came back from a shopping trip.

The homeless 21-year-old then walked calmly away with their bags as a member of the public rushed to their aid. Both the women suffered head wounds and one needed stitches.

Violent assault: Marko Kontestabile approaches the female students at Surbiton station (above) and hits them on the head with a bottle (below)

Kontestabile is facing jail today when he is sentenced at Southwark crown court. The shocking CCTV footage shows him attacking the students at Surbiton station on 10 January.

The footage was released by police as the Standard continues its Safer Stations campaign, launched after the murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce as he walked home from a Tube station in 2006.

Detective Sergeant Tony Burman, of the British Transport Police, said: "Kontestabile is seen on CCTV pulling the bottle from his jacket and striking both women over the

head and then grabbing their shopping."

Robbery: Kontestabile walks away with the students' shopping bags leaving the girls injured

Police were called the next day by YMCA staff who saw a man matching the description of the offender using the internet. He had two empty beer bottles in his pockets.

Kontestabile told police he carried the bottles for protection and admitted stealing the shopping bags because he wanted food.

DS Burman said: "This was a particularly violent assault on two young girls. They were watched, followed and then violently assaulted."

Kontestabile has admitted causing actual bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon.