A TEENAGER was left with a broken nose and fractured cheek bone after he was attacked in Morecambe in the early hours of Friday morning.

The 19-year-old was walking along Burlington Avenue when he was approached by three youths. Police say one of them started hurling abuse at him and then headbutted him. They have issued a description of the thug who spoke with a local accent. He was aged between 19 and 20, medium build with short neat hair and wore a dark bomber jacket and jeans.

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