Simply disgusting :(

It sucks but I don't get why the 6 year old would ever come into contact with adults long enough to take anything from her. I never let my kid come into contact with any adults at that age without me being right by her. (Except school, daycare,..)
 
It sounds like the father was with her at the time. Maybe the young girl was holding the money openly in her hand the thugs then seen it and ran across grabbing it out of her hand and then that was when the father grabbed one of them and the fight ensued. I do not think the father was very far off to be able to confront the pricks before they took off.

By the sounds of the article they were not Men but possibly teens. It did mention the lack of respect in the youth.
 
Could be. I never let my kid at that age really handle money either unless she was at the store and then she would just have it out at point of sale...

I guess it really doesn't matter. I am not sure what the youths were thinking. It reminds somewhat of the story where the girls ripped off the girl sell cookies that was posted sometime ago. I guess no where is safe.
 
Britain has a nasty problem with a growing underclass of basically uncontrollable youths in major cities. The main reason is that socialized housing rules allows pregnant teens to go to the top of the queue for free public housing plus income. Basically the government is subsidizing/promoting single parent families, with all the chaos caused by out of control youths who are fatherless.
 
Throw the pricks to the lions.