A MAN is wanted after an alleged assault in Burnley.
Burnley and Padiham Police have put a post on their Facebook page appealing for help to find 44-year-old John O'Brien.
Their post read: "Have you seen this man?
"We need to trace John O’Brien, 44, from Burnley after a 33 year old woman was pinned against a wall, threatened with a knife and punched to the face in her kitchen in the town yesterday (Sunday, May 20th).
"O’Brien also uses the surname Lewis and is described as white, 5ft 10ins, of medium build with dark shaved hair.
"He is known to have links to the Coal Clough and Stoops areas of Burnley.
"Anyone with information can call 01282 472190 or if they fail to get an answer, 101, quoting incident number 1752 of May 20th."
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