A 22-year-old man is wanted in connection with a stabbing that took place last year.

Connor Hessell is aware that he is wanted by police and it is believed he is avoiding the force as a result.

Hessell is wanted in connection with a stabbing that took place in Railway Road, Leigh in the early hours of Monday, April 17, 2017.

Police received a report that a man, aged 22, had been on a night out when he was approached outside a nightclub and stabbed in the face, causing a deep cut to his chin.

Hessell is also wanted in connection with an incident of affray which took place in Fell Street, Leigh on Saturday, October 14, 2017, where a man was threatened at knife point.

On the same night there were two incidents of criminal damage that took place on Marshall Street and Opal Grove where car windows were smashed with a machete.

Hessell is known to have links to the Leigh and Golbourne areas as well as the Prestatyn and Rhyl areas of North Wales.

Anyone with information about Hessell's whereabouts should contact police on 0161 856 7081or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.