POLICE are investigating after a 20-year-old man was treated in hospital for a neck injury after he was assaulted near Whitstable Cricket Club in Belmont Road.

The assault happened just after midnight on Sunday. The victim, from Faversham, was taken to the QEQM Hospital in Margate.

Police say the offender as an Asian youth, aged between 15 and 18, and about 5ft 7ins tall. He was wearing a blue jumper with vertical white stripes.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 01227 868116.