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Blantyre man hospitalised with head injury after thugs break into home in violent attack

A man has been hospitalised after a violent house attack in Blantyre.

Two men broke into a home in Springwell Crescent before seriously assaulting the 36-year-old man on Monday.

A 55-year-old woman was also in the house at the time and was uninjured but left badly shaken.

Police have now launched an investigation and are are interested in a blue SUV vehicle used by the suspects at the time.

A Police Scotland statement published this afternoon confirmed: "Detectives are continuing enquiries following a serious assault in Blantyre on 2 November, 2020.

"Around 8:30am, two men forced their way into a house in Springwell Crescent, Blantyre and assaulted a 36-year-old man.  A 55-year-old woman was also within the house and she was pushed by one of the men.

"The man was taken to Hairmyres Hospital with a head injury. The woman was uninjured but has been left badly shaken by the experience.

"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 commented: "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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