Postman assaulted – Dumfries
Police Scotland is investigating the unprovoked attack on a postman as he carried out his deliveries in Dumfries on Friday 9 October 2015. The postman was delivering in Syme Road at around 1030 hours when he was assaulted by a man while in a block of flats. The only description of the man is that he was wearing a light blue coloured hooded to with the hood up. The man then ran off after the assault.
Constable Lyndsey Nicholson of Police Scotland at Dumfries said “this appears to be a completely unprovoked attack on a postman going about his deliveries. As a result of this assault the postman received bruising to his face and a black eye. Anyone who was in the Syme Road area around this time is asked to call us at Dumfries on 101 if they can help identify this man.”
