Police seek identity of man involved in Burgess Hill assault

Sussex Police is seeking the identity of a man in connection with an assault in Burgess Hill.

Officers would like to speak to the man the image after a woman was assaulted in Church Road, Burgess Hill, just after midnight on Wednesday 23 September.

The victim, a woman in her 40s, suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Officers conducted an area search and arrested three people:

• A 21-year-old man from Burgess Hill was arrested on suspicion of affray.
• A 25-year-old man from Burgess Hill was arrested on suspicion of affray.
• A 19-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested on suspicion of affray, assaulting a person thereby causing actual bodily harm and obstructing or resisting a constable in execution of duty.

The three have been released under investiation while enquiries are ongoing.

If you recognise the man in the image or witnessed the assault please report online or call 101 quoting reference 12 23/09.