Police hunt Nelson man in connection with three assaults

Police want to speak to a Nelson man in connection with three assaults that took place in the town last month.
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The victims, a woman aged in her 30s, was left with significant injuries following the assaults, which happened on June 9th and 10th at a property in Nelson.

Mohammed Abbas (31) is described as Asian, around 5ft 6ins tall, with short black hair and brown eyes. He has links to Blackburn and Nelson.

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Insp Carole Langhorn, of Burnley CID, said: "We would like to locate Abbas as part of our enquires into three assaults. We are now urging anybody who has seen him, or knows where he may be, to get in touch with us as soon as possible."

Anybody with information is asked to call 101, quoting log number 1425 of June 11th.