A man was taken to hospital and a police cordon set up in Nottingham city centre following a serious assault during the early hours of Saturday, May 21. Officers were called to Lower Parliament Street shortly after 3.30am to reports a man had been found injured with 'potentially life-altering injuries'.
Witnesses reported seeing a huge cordon in Lower Parliament Street on Saturday morning, stretching from Poundland and the Old Dog and Partridge pub, down Clinton Street East to Wilko. The incident caused concern among passersby.
Phil Sanders, 62, was told he could not park his watch repairs van on Clinton Street East because of what happened. He added: "When I came here this morning it was all cordoned off - that was at around 8.20am. They didn’t want to tell me what it was, they just said it was a serious incident.