Police appeal for witnesses

Two men have been rushed to hospital following separate serious assaults in Linwood.

Detectives are investigating after a man was battered in the Clippens Inn and hours later another man had his head stamped on during a brutal attack in Brediland Road.

At around 9pm on Saturday night, a 33-year-old was rushed to Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital and later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Universtity Hospital, Glasgow, after he was attacked by a thug at the Clippens Inn pub.

Officers investigating the beating are looking to trace a man who is described as being white, around 6ft tall and between the ages of 25 and 30.

They are examining internal and external CCTV footage in a bid to trace the yob and say they are following a positive line of enquiry.

Officers have also appealed for anyone who was in the pub at the time of the attack to get in touch with DC Douglas McFarlane at Paisley CID on 101.

Just hours later, an 18-year-old man was seriously assaulted in a street.

Cops were called to reports of a fight in Brediland Road around 12.30am on Sunday morning and found the man had been seriously assaulted by a group of youths.

It is believed the young man had his head stamped on during the horror incident.

He was rushed to hospital but was later released and police say the incident could have been a lot worse.

DI Scott McCallum told the Paisley Daily Express: “This was quite a brutal assault.

“It was very serious but it could have been much worse.

“We are carrying house-to-house enquiries in the area and we are currently reviewing CCTV footage.

“We are following a positive line of enquiry at to the moment but I would urge anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward to police as soon as possible.”

If you have information on either incident, please contact Police Scotland on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.