A man was left with serious injuries after a thug allegedly took an axe to his hand in a horror attack in Newcastle.
Shortly after 9.45pm yesterday (April 27) officers were called to Surrey Place in Elswick following a report of an assault. Officers from Northumbria Police attended the scene and found a man in his 20s who had suffered a serious hand injury.
The victim reported he was walking to his car when he was involved in a verbal altercation with a man who was not known to him. It is alleged the offender then pulled an axe from his rucksack and assaulted the victim – causing a deep cut to his hand which required hospital treatment.
