POLICE have released CCTV footage of a man thay want to speak to in connection with a violent attack outside a Clitheroe pub.

A man was punched in the face twice during the assault outside the White Lion, in Market Place, on Saturday, April 16, at around 1.15am.

He suffered bruising to his face and was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Detectives want to trace a white man, of medium build, 5ft 8ins tall with short dark brown straight hair.

He was wearing jeans with a distinctive white mark on the rear.