Police appeal after car passenger slashed across face with knife in north Derbyshire

Tim Paget
By Tim Paget
Published 9th Mar 2022, 17:16 BST
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Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted in a north Derbyshire car park.

The 26-year-old victim was sitting in the passenger seat of a black Ford Fiesta in Castle Street Car Park, Bolsover, when a man approached the car and reached through the open window slashing his face with a knife.

The victim was left with a large wound across his face, which required treatment at hospital.

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Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted in a car park off Castle Street, Bolsover. Image: Google Maps.Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted in a car park off Castle Street, Bolsover. Image: Google Maps.
Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted in a car park off Castle Street, Bolsover. Image: Google Maps.

A Derbyshire police spokesperson said: “The attacker is understood to have been a passenger in a black Honda Civic that was also in the car park at that time – around 10am on March 1.

“He had a brown Staffordshire Bull Terrier type dog with him.

“We know that there were several vehicles in the car park at that time and are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any footage of it.”

Contact Detective Constable Mark Webb, quoting reference number 22*120157, by calling 101 or here,