Woman left with fractured cheek and eye socket after attack outside a Hemel Hempstead bar

A woman was left with a fractured cheek and eye socket after being assaulted by a man outside a Hemel Hempstead bar.

The incident happened in the Old Town outside Redz Bar in High Street at around 3.5am on Saturday, November 19.

PC Ellis Molyneaux said: “I am appealing for anyone who was in the area around the time, or who saw the incident itself, to please come forward. I believe there were a number of people in the vicinity. I’m hoping someone may have captured dash cam footage as they passed the scene. If you can help, please get in touch.

“The victim, a woman in her 20s, sustained a nasty injury to her cheekbone and eye socket and was taken to hospital for treatment.”

The suspect is described as a stocky black male, around 5ft 8 with dark hair styled in thick cornrows, wearing a black waterproof-style jacket with black polo shirt or shirt buttoned up to the top.

Anyone with information is asked to email [email protected], report it online, speak to an operator via online web chat or call the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime

reference 41/93737/22.