Re-appeal for witnesses following assault in Hitchin 

Police are re-appealing for witnesses and information following an assault in Hitchin and are particularly keen to hear from a man who may have footage of what happened. 

At around 310am on Sunday 20 November, an altercation occurred between a group of men inside CHIC Bar on Churchgate. This then continued outside the bar at around 3.34am. 

During the incident, one of the men sustained life changing injuries after being physically assaulted. 

Temporary Detective Constable Manni Kaur, from the North Herts Local Crime Unit, said: "We are continuing with our investigation into the incident, and I am therefore re-appealing to anyone who may have been at the bar at the time and witnessed either altercation take place to please come forward.

"I am also particularly keen to hear from a man who we believe may have footage of the incident that happened outside of the bar, as this could be vital to our investigation. The witness was wearing a cream/white jacket.

"This was an extremely serious assault, which has caused life changing injuries to the victim so I encourage anyone who may have any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to please come forward. You can contact me directly at [email protected]."  

You can report information online at herts.police.uk/report, speak to an operator in their Force Communications Room via their online web chat at herts.police.uk/contact or call the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference 41/94009/22.