A woman with a six-month-old baby was attacked by a group of people next to a bus shelter in Skeeby, Richmond.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information after the woman, in her 20s, was assaulted next to the brick bus shelter close to the Traveller's Rest pub at around 10.40am last Thursday (July 14).

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The woman was assaulted by a group including one man and three women, with a man and a woman punching her.

Police say she sustained bruising to her face and chest as a result of the assault and had her six-month-old son with her at the time.

The Northern Echo: The offenders were said to have arrived in a black car, which they parked in the car park of the Traveller's Rest pub (file photo)The offenders were said to have arrived in a black car, which they parked in the car park of the Traveller's Rest pub (file photo)

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "We’re requesting the public’s assistance to help establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.

"In particular, we are appealing for information from two men who stopped to help the woman during the assault.

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"The offenders were said to have arrived in a black car, which they parked in the car park of the Traveller's Rest."

Anyone with information that could assist the investigation should email PC Chris Reed on chris.reed@northyorkshire.police.uk.

You can also call North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option two, and ask for PC 442 Chris Reed.

Quote the North Yorkshire Police reference number 12220122420.

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