Teenager in hospital after being battered in 3am town centre attack
An 18-year-old has been arrested
Royal Stoke Hospital(Image: Pete Stonier / Stoke Sentinel)
A teenager was 'seriously assaulted' in an early morning town centre attack. Police had been alerted by CCTV operations to an 'ongoing altercation' in the middle of Nantwich.
Officers sent to Beam Street, near the Home Bargains store, at around 3am on Saturday, say they found a 19-year-old man from Crewe who'd been 'serious assaulted'. He was initially taken to Leighton Hospital before being transferred to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
As part of the investigation an 18-year-old man, of Edleston, was arrested on suspicion of assault. Today the force has confirmed the suspect has been released on conditional bail.
Meanwhile the victim remains in hospital while his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening at this time. Witnesses should call 101.