Police are investigating a serious assault which left a man with a badly broken nose after he was punched in the face.

It happened at about 11.40pm on Saturday, January 19 outside the Outback bar and nightclub in Barrack Street, Douglas.

Edward Oldham reports (text, below, from attached audio file):

Officers say a verbal altercation between two men resulted in the punch being thrown.

The suspect is described as being a white man in his early 20s, about 5 feet 9 inches tall with a slim build and short, light brown, styled hair.

He was wearing a white and blue horizontally-striped shirt with a light coloured waist length jacket.

The Investigating Officer, Pc Jimmy Cubbon, says there were lots of people on Barrack Street at the time of the incident and is urging witnesses and anyone with information to come forward.

If you can help, call Pc Cubbon on 631427.