POLICE have renewed their appeal after an off-duty emergency worker was assaulted while leaving a supermarket car park in Crewkerne earlier this year. 

After initially appealing for witnesses of the assault to contact them, officers have now released an image of a man they would like to trace.  

The victim - a man in his 40s - was pulled from his vehicle and punched in the head and face after sounding his horn to alert a pedestrian while leaving the Lidl car park.  

The assault took place at around 2:20pm on Sunday, March 13.

He did not require hospital treatment but was left with cuts and bruising. 

A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: “We’re grateful to everyone who responded to our previous appeal and can now release this image of a man we’d like to trace.

“The man in the picture is white, in his 30s or 40s, wears a denim baseball cap and has a large white-haired dog with him.”

The man pictured or anyone who recognises him have been asked to contact the police by calling 101 and giving the call handler the reference number 5222060398.

Alternatively, they can use the police's online appeals form.