SUSSEX Police are looking for a suspect after a 15-year-old boy was assaulted in McDonald's.

Officers have released an image of a suspect sought in connection with an unprovoked assault on a boy outside McDonald’s in Wellington Place, Hastings.

The Argus: Image of Hastings assault suspect released

The victim, a teenage boy, was with friends on the afternoon of September 12 when he was approached by two males.

One of them punched him in the face, they both then fled the scene.

Officers are urging anyone who recognises the young man pictured to report it online or call 101, quoting serial 1041 of 12/09.

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