A man was punched in the face and threatened with a hammer in a vicious early-morning attack.
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the assault on Thompson Avenue, close to Ormskirk Hospital, in the early hours of Sunday, December 18. Lancashire Police confirmed officers were called at around 1am over a report of that a man in his 40s had been attacked.
Police told the ECHO the victim was punched in the face and threatened with a hammer by two men and a woman. Officers are yet to make any arrests and enquiries are ongoing.
