Man cut after confronting would-be intruder

A man had his face slashed after confronting a would-be intruder at his front door.

Dylan Kimmet required hospital treatment after being attacked on Kerrsview Terrace, Dundee.

The 23-year-old had gone to bed around 11pm and had just started to doze off when he heard someone trying his front door handle about 40 minutes later.

He said: “I stayed in my bedroom and the noise stopped for five seconds but then I heard the door being thumped.

“I went to the door and when it opened I was punched in the face and then cut down the cheek with a sharp object. It wasn’t a deep cut but there was blood everywhere.”

Stunned by the attack, Dylan tried to fight back but his assailant turned and ran off through neighbouring back gardens.

Dylan gave chase but then turned back and knocked on his neighbour’s door.

“I asked if he’d heard anything and all he saw was blood dripping down through my beard and on to my neck,” he said.

Dylan reported the incident to police and subsequently attended A&E at Ninewells for treatment.

“The hospital staff believe he must have had something lodged between his knuckles – they thought it might have been a Stanley blade,” he said.

Dylan added: “My wee brother, who’s 13 years old, stays with me two or three nights a week.

“Luckily he was at home that night.

“It doesn’t bear thinking about what could have happened if he had answered the door instead of me.”

Dylan said his was not the only property on the street to be targeted recently.

He said: “My neighbour was broken into a couple of days ago and another neighbour’s house further down was broken into too.

“I’ve been going between houses – mine and my girlfriend’s – and the lights hadn’t been on the two nights previously. I don’t think he expected anyone to be in the house on Saturday, and when I confronted him, he bottled it.”

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “A report was received shortly after 12.30am on Sunday of a 23-year-old man having been assaulted at a property on Kerrsview Terrace in Dundee.

“Inquiries are ongoing and officers are keen to identify a man seen in the area at the time. He is described as being white, about 5ft 11, of slim build and wearing a grey hooded top.

“Anyone with information can call police on 101, quoting incident 0196 of August 9 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.”