The 22-year-old victim had been on his way home from the town when he was approached by a group of four men in Kent Road at around 3am on Sunday 11 June 2023.

The suspects, who are unknown to the victim, are reported to have assaulted him in an unprovoked attack. The victim was punched in his face multiple times and hit to the back of the head with what was believed to be a gas canister.

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