Avon & Somerset Police are making a renewed appeal to the public for help following an unsolved case from October. At about 6.15pm on Tuesday 3 October a man in his 20s was attacked by three men on Eastland Road, Yeovil. He sustained three slash wounds in the incident which fortunately didn’t require hospital treatment.

Police now believe this was a case of mistaken identity. They say the offenders mistook the victim for someone else. When it became clear he was not who they thought he was, they ran away. Officers have already reviewed CCTV from the area and have also carried out house to house enquiries.

Police believe the intended target of the assault was a man called ‘Jay’. If you have reason to think you may know him, based on the details of the incident, you are asked to call the number below.

Now they are asking members of the public who may have seen the incident or may recognise descriptions of the offenders to come forward.

The offenders are described as:

• A black man aged in his mid-20s, approximately 5ft 10ins tall and of slim build. He wore a full black tracksuit with a hood and a dark bandana covering his face. He carried a Gucci bag which had a black strap.
• A white man, aged in his late 20s or early 30s, approximately 5ft 10ins tall and of large build. He wore a full red tracksuit and white shoes. He also wore a dark bandana around his face. He had a scar under one of his eyes and tattoo on his neck, possibly of a dragon.
• A white man, aged in his late teens or early 20s of slim build. He also ware a full tracksuit.

If you can help please phone 101 and provide the call handler with the reference 5223241297.