A MAN and a woman needed hospital treatment after being assaulted by a group of youths using shopping trolley handles to attack them.
It happened at about 8.45pm last night in Peterlee, in County Durham.
The pair were in the Dene, at the rear of Vibe Nightclub at the time.
A spokesperson for Durham Police said a group of youths are believed to have used shopping trolley handles to attack the pair, and were caught on CCTV dismantling shopping trolleys shortly before the attack took place.
Both victims attended hospital to have their injuries treated.
Officers investigating the assault are appealing for anybody who witnessed the assault, or who witnessed the youths dismantling the shopping trolleys, to call 101, quoting incident number 374 of October 29.
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