A 27-year-old man needed 17 stitches after being assaulted at the Blue Boar pub in Wantage.

He was attacked between 11pm and midnight on Friday, June 20, in the rear garden and then again at the front of the Newbury Street pub.

He suffered a deep cut to his forehead, needing nine stitches and a cut to his jaw, which needed eight stitches.

Thames Valley Police – which only released the information yesterday – said the suspect was white and wore a red shirt, dark red jeans and grey plimsolls.

A 38-year-old Wantage man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and bailed until July 25.

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