Man suffers serious head injuries during assault in Shrewsbury

The incident happened at around 1:30am on Sunday 5 October, when a 30-year-old man from Clwyd was approached by an unknown man. An altercation took place between the two men which ended with the suspect assaulting the victim and knocking him to the floor. The victim was taken to hospital and admitted with serious head injuries.

The suspect is described as having brown hair and was wearing a green/blue round necked t-shirt at the time of the attack.

PC Fletcher said, “This is a particularly bad assault in which the victim has been admitted to hospital with serious injuries. We are really keen to hear from anyone who thinks they may be able to help us identify the people in the CCTV footage from that night, or saw any of them leading up to the assault.”

CCTV images from of the incident have been released and police are keen to speak with the people pictured in order to help assist with their enquiries. Any one with any information is urged to call police on 101, quoting incident 550 of the 5 October.