A MAN suffered a fractured skull when he was assaulted outside a family pub.
The 36-year-old was attacked by five people in the car park of the Goose at Gamston, at about 5.20pm on Saturday.
The victim was with his wife. They were leaving the pub when the attack happened.
Police said a group of three men and two women, who had also been in the pub, in Ambleside , walked past and jeered at the couple.
When the victim confronted them, he was punched, pushed to the ground and repeatedly kicked. He suffered serious injuries, including a fractured skull.
John Sanders, 65, of Tollerton, a regular visitor to the pub, which serves meals and welcomes families, said: "It's a nice pub and attracts a lot of families, not a rough sort of crowd at all. It's awful to think someone has come here and then been injured for no apparent reason – I'm shocked."
Father-of-one Andrew Young, 46, of Gamston, was also shocked that someone had been injured. "It's not nice to think about something like that happening here," he said, "especially with it happening so early in the evening. Gamston is normally such a quiet area that something like this would probably worry quite a lot of people."
One man in the group who attacked the man has a mixed-race appearance and is 6ft, in his early 20s and of a medium build. He was wearing a baseball cap with an emblem on the front and a dark jacket with red and orange flashes under the arms.
The other two men are both white with short hair. One is of medium build and wore a dark jacket and a grey top.
The other is stocky build and about 6ft. He was wearing a black hooded gilet with a lighter top underneath.
The two women are both white with blonde hair. One was wearing a multi-coloured bobble hat and a black jacket.
The other, whose hair was tied back, was wearing a fur-lined jacket.
They are believed to have fled in a dark-coloured hatchback.
A spokesman for the pub, owned by Greene King, said: "Providing a safe environment for our customers is of paramount importance to us and the pub has enjoyed a trouble-free past. We are extremely upset about what happened outside of the pub and are doing everything we can to help the police investigate the incident."
Anyone who has information about the attack or thinks they may know the identity of the group should contact Notts Police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
