A man has been assaulted in Brighton during the early hours of Saturday morning (Dec 18).
The victim said he had been approached by a group of males in Duke Street some time between 2 and 3am.
He was later found unconscious having been assaulted.
He was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
Detectives would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident, events leading up to it or anything suspicious on that evening.
If you have any information, contact police online or by calling 101, quoting serial 214 of 18/12.