Information Appeal - Serious Assault, Old Swan

Merseyside Police is appealing for information following an incident in Old Swan last week (Thursday 28 June) in which a man was stabbed.

Officers were called to an address in Davidson Road at around 7.00pm following reports that a 28 year old man had been seriously assaulted.

It is believed he was attacked by two males while he was walking home. The two men fled the scene in a car.

He was taken to hospital where he received treatment for a serious injury to his face and superficial stab wounds to his buttocks and shoulder.

The scene was sealed for forensic examination, house-to-house enquiries were undertaken and officers are reviewing CCTV from the area.

Detective Inspector Cheryl Rhodes said: "This was clearly a very nasty attack in which a man has been left badly hurt and very shaken. He was unable to identify his attackers other than to describe that one of them was wearing a black silky-type sports jacket with blue horizontal stripes.

"I appeal to those who may have seen a man wearing a jacket of this description around the time of the attack to contact us.

"While we are currently keeping an open mind about the motive behind the assault I would like to take this opportunity to reassure residents that this is an isolated incident and we are determined to find those responsible."

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Merseyside Police on 0151 777 4065 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.