A gang of two men and two women battered a man in his own home in an early morning robbery.
The 23-year-old victim was assaulted in his house in Portlethen, Aberdeenshire on Saturday.
Police were called to reports of a morning raid at around 9.29am.
The man was left with cuts and bruises to his face, and had his money and phone stolen.
Police are now chasing the four thugs who fled the scene in a dark Vauxhall Corsa.
Detective Constable Wallace Dickson at Aberdeen CID said: “There appears to have been four people, two men and two women at the scene of this attack.
"The men are only described as one wearing a black jacket with a grey hooded top underneath and second man was wearing a grey tracksuit.
“The two women who were in the company of these two men are only described as one wearing light coloured trousers and a dark jacket with a fur lined hood.
"The second woman was wearing a black jacket and black coloured tracksuit bottoms with a white stripe down the legs.
"It is believed that all four got into a dark coloured Vauxhall Corsa following the attack.
“I would ask anyone who may have been in the area of Burnside Gardens on Saturday morning, or anyone who may have dash-cam footage of the area at that time to come forward and call us on the 101 number, quoting incident number 0914 of 5 December.”
