DETECTIVES have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak after a Basildon man was headbutted in a Billericay nightclub.

Police believe the 22-year-old victim had been in the Havana Bar VIP area at the Ivory Rooms, in Laindon Road, when he accidentally knocked into someone He apologised but was then headbutted in the face, leaving him with a fracture to his left eye socket.

Det Con Andrew Rowley said: “This was a nasty and unprovoked attack against the victim which appears to have happened simply because he bumped into someone in a nightclub. He was left with serious injuries as a result.

“But the images from the CCTV are extremely good and I am hoping that someone will help us recognise this man so we can interview him in connection with the incident.”

The suspect is described as a white man, about 5ft 9 to 5ft 10 tall, with short brown hair, aged about 18 to 22, muscular, and was wearing a white T-shirt with large, dark lettering on the front.

The attack happened between 11.15pm and midnight on Friday, May 3.

Anyone with information should contact Det Con Rowley or his colleagues at Basildon CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.