Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault of a man which happened in a pub garden in South Woodham Ferrers.

Following a verbal altercation in the garden of the Whalebone pub in Old Wickford Road at 11.20pm on April 17, an 18-year-old man was assaulted resulting in bruising and cuts to his face.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dc Karyn Daniels at Chelmsford CID on 101.