POLICE have sent out an appeal for the victim of an assault in an East Yorkshire town to come forward.

The attack happened at about 1.45am on Saturday outside the Cross Keys Hotel in Lairgate, Beverley, when a man was allegedly knocked to the floor and punched in the head several times by another man.

The victim is believed to have been bleeding heavily when he left the scene and headed in the direction of the town’s bandstand.

However, he has not reported the incident to police himself and detectives who have been made aware of the crime are keen to speak to him to assess his state of health.