Dorset Police are appealling to thousands of students who attended Bournemouth University's Summer Ball, where a man was seriously assaulted, to come forward if they saw anything.

A twenty-three year old student, wearing a distinctive pink suit, was punched and then repeatedly hit while on the floor, at the ball held at Bournemouth Sports Club in Parley near Christchurch last month.

Detectives say his 'vicious' attacker may have been wearing a striped top.