For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here New CCTV images have been released of two people detectives want to speak to after a man was seriously injured in an 'appalling attack'.
Police said the 37-year-old victim was lucky to be alive following the attack, which happened while he was on his way to work.
Emergency services were called to Ferndale, in Skelmersdale, near Wigan, at about 7.30am on Easter Sunday (April 4). Police believe the man was earlier attacked in nearby Firbeck after thugs asked him for money.
He managed to stagger down the street to Ferndale, a third of a mile away, the Liverpool Echo reports. The victim suffered multiple fractures and heavy swelling to his face and was
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