Police arrest man after serious assault leaves victim hospitalized on Smithdown Road

A 50-year-old man has been arrested after a serious assault near Smithdown Road on January 10. The victim, also in his fifties, suffered severe head injuries and is in stable condition at the hospital. The assault involved two males who fled the scene before police arrived. The arrested man is being questioned by detectives as part of an ongoing investigation. Police are conducting house-to-house inquiries and reviewing CCTV footage. They are asking anyone with information, including delivery and taxi drivers, to come forward.