Appeal after attack in Blantyre

A hunt is underway Blantyre after two men forced their way into a house and attacked a man.

The 36 year-old man was taken to Hairmyres Hospital with a head injury and a 55 year-old woman was pushed in the incident in Springwell Crescent but was uninjured.

It happened on 2nd November and police are appealing for witnesses.

The first suspect is around 6 ft. tall with a heavy build. He was wearing a black woolly tammy hat and a yellow hi-vis vest. He was wearing orange gloves and was wearing a black scarf across his face to conceal his identify.

The second suspect is around 6ft. tall with a heavy build. He was wearing dark coloured clothing and bright blue trainers. He too covered his face with a scarf.

Enquiries carried out so far have revealed that a blue coloured SUV vehicle with a black roof was used by the suspects.

Detective Constable Andrew Fearnside said: “I am appealing to anyone who may have seen the suspects or saw a blue coloured SUV type vehicle in the area to contact us. Any small piece of information could help us piece together the circumstances of what has happened. In particular, I would ask motorists with dash cams to check their footage as it could contain images which could assist our enquiries.”

Anyone with information is asked to call CID officers at Cambuslang via 101, quoting incident number 0525 of 2 November, 2020. Alternatively, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where you can give your information anonymously.

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