Police appeal after man stabbed in arm

The victim was found by officers responding to reports of a fight between a number of people in College Road, close to the library, at about 9.30pm on Wednesday (December 28), police said.

The 23-year-old, from London, sustained a stab wound to his left arm and was treated by paramedics at the scene, before being taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton for further treatment, police confirmed.

Police are keen to hear from anyone who saw or heard anything untoward in or around the town centre, close to Memorial Gardens, at the time.

Anyone with any information is asked to report it online at https://sussex.police.uk/contact-us/response-to-appeal/ quoting Operation Aldwich.

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