An NHS worker was brutally attacked and knocked unconscious outside a takeaway yesterday.
Shannon Thomas, from Blackpool, was left needing stitches inside her mouth and on her lip after the 'unprovoked attack' outside the Feast About takeaway in Queens Square, in Blackpool, in the early hours of Sunday (June 27).
The 22-year-old says she was “punched to the face and knocked out” by an unknown male as she left the takeaway having bought some food, reports LancsLive.
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Miss Thomas said: "I don’t remember much from a few seconds before until I was in the ambulance.
“I just know I walked out of the takeaway, Feast About, and this man just punched me in the face once, totally unprovoked, but due to the impact it knocked me out and I fell straight onto the back of my head.”
Miss Thomas' sister Sara McDermott, said the NHS worker has been left “very sore and very shaken up and just wants this dealt with."
She added: “This attack was completely unprovoked and is disgusting behaviour.”
Miss McDermott has shared images of her sister’s injuries in a bid to find the man responsible.
The attacker has been described as aged in his 20s and has fair hair and the family are hoping that police will be able to obtain CCTV footage in order to allow them to identify him.
In the post on Facebook Miss McDermott said: “My sister was attacked in Blackpool early hours of Sunday morning by an unknown male looks in his 20s with fair hair.
“This happened outside Feast About takeaway on Queens Square [Blackpool].
"My sister was punched to the face and knocked out.
“She has had to have stitches inside her mouth and also on her lip this attack was completely unprovoked and is disgusting behaviour can I please ask people to share this far and wide.”
Lancashire Constabulary has been contacted for comment.
Anyone with information about the assault is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
