POLICE are appealing for information after a man had part of his ear bitten off in Bridgwater.

The 32-year-old victim suffered the injury at around 2.10am outside the Palace nightclub on Broadway on Thursday, January 28.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify.

The suspect is described as being white, 6ft tall, aged in his twenties and of large build. He was wearing a black top and jeans and had a distinctive Chinese-style tattoo on the right side of his head.

Anyone who recognises the man in the image, or who has any other information, is asked to contact 101 quoting crime reference number 5216019486.