Appeal by brick victim's boyfriend

The victim had told her boyfriend she was being followed

The boyfriend of a woman who was assaulted with brick has made an appeal to catch her attacker.

Neil Whiteman, who was talking to his girlfriend on a mobile phone, heard her screams as she was beaten around the head.

The woman, who does not want to be named, was left with serious facial injuries during the attack in Blackpool, in the early hours of last Saturday.

Minutes before the attack the woman told Mr Whiteman she was being followed.

At a press conference on Friday, he said the man must be caught before he can strike again.

At the end of the day if a person is capable of doing that, he's going to do that to someone else Neil Whiteman, victim's boyfriend

"I just heard her saying 'he's coming towards me, he's coming towards me'," said Mr Whiteman.

"Then from a distant sound I just heard her screaming.

"The mobile had obviously left her ear and face and I could just hear her screaming 'Get away from me, get off!'.

"At the end of the day if a person is capable of doing that, he's going to do that to someone else."

The 22-year-old woman was attacked as she walked along West Park Drive at about 0210 BST.

The e-fit has been distributed to pubs and clubs

Detective Inspector Colin Fish, of Lancashire Police, said leaflets and copies of an e-fit of the offender have been distributed in the town.

He said: "The e-fit has been distributed widely around the pubs and clubs in the town, to the places that might have been frequented by the offender."

Police also want to speak to the driver of a Vauxhall Astra, which was seen driving at speed, around the time of the incident. They believe he may have seen what happened.

The woman's attacker was white, aged in his late 20s to early 30s, 5 ft 8 in to 5 ft 9 in tall, and of stocky or medium build.

He had dark brown curtain-style hair and was wearing dark-coloured trousers and a white shirt.