Gwent Police is appealing for information after an assault left a 29-year-old man with facial injuries and bruising.
The incident happened at the Vanilla Bar, on High Street in Blackwood at about 1.20am on Saturday May 4.
A 27-year-old man from the Pontypool area was arrested on suspicion of assault and has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
One man tried to intervene during the assault and officers are appealing for him to come forward as he could have vital information that could help the investigation.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call Gwent Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Drunken thug on drunken thug? Who cares??
How can you call the person who was assaulted a drunken thug? We don't know the facts..it's very sad that someone cannot go out to enjoy themselves without getting assaulted .
one can only assume by jeff's comment that he knows more about this attack than us, if not i can only agree with kev's comment
Fair Comment: I will assume that both Kev and Dave, from their comments, are regular users of these night time economy `palaces` and know them to be places of all things `nice`?, not the case.
I would assume also that they may feel these places, at 1.30 am are the places of reasonability and good behaviour, and, a place for decent people to ` hang out`, that is one view, I hold another, and that is why legislation exsists for such places to have `security men and women on duty, on the premises when they are open,they are not there for show, they are `necessary. Now, if the victim was simply walking down the street and was assaulted for no reason at all, as are many policemen who keep order at that time of the night so the rest of use are not subject to such abuse as they are subject to by drunks leaving these places then that would be another story.