Police issue CCTV image after man's eye socket fractured in Bristol pub assault

Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after a man's eye socket was fractured in an unprovoked assault in a Bristol pub.

The victim - a man in his forties - was at the pub with friends when he was subjected to an unprovoked assault in which he was knocked unconscious.

He was taken home by friends but the next day went to hospital and was found to have suffered three fractures to his eye socket, needing urgent medical treatment, and was left unable to work for more than a month.

It happened at about 12.30am on Saturday 16 December 2023 in The Masonic pub in North Street, Bedminster, and was reported to police the following afternoon.

After following up a number of lines of enquiry, police are now releasing a CCTV image of a man they'd like to trace.

The man in the image was at the pub at the time. He's believed to be in his late twenties or early thirties and is described as white, with short dark hair and is wearing a grey T-shirt, light-coloured trousers and white trainers.

If you recognise him, or have any other information which could help the investigation, call 101 and give the reference 5223307746.

Alternatively contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100 per cent anonymously by calling 0800 555 111, or online at https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information.