POLICE in Dunfermline are appealing for witnesses after a 30-year-old dog-walker was assaulted in Duloch Park on Sunday.

The man was walking his dog on the public footpath to the north of the park around 10.15am when a stranger approached him and assaulted him.

The suspect is described as being a white male, around 5ft 8 inches tall with brown stubble.

He was wearing a black hooded top and black tracksuit bottoms.

Officers are now appealing for anyone who was in the area around that time and who may have seen a male fitting that description to get in touch.

Detective Constable Alasdair Young, of Dunfermline CID, said: “We are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident or who was in the area around that time.

“We’re particularly keen to speak to a couple who spoke to the victim shortly after the incident.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 quoting incident number 1513 of April 23.