A CCTV appeal has been launched after a man had a traffic cone thrown at him.

The incident occurred at around 1.30pm on Monday, July 18, in the car park of the Tesco store in Portland Road. A silver Toyota Rav 4 entered the car park and the driver, a man aged in his 60s, became involved in a verbal altercation with a male pedestrian.

The pedestrian reportedly shouted abuse at the driver before picking up a traffic cone and throwing it through the open window of the car. The victim sustained a cut to his face that required hospital treatment.

Police Constable Kerry Farwell, of Weymouth police, said: “We are continuing to make enquiries into this incident and have obtained a CCTV image of a man we would like to identify.

“We fully appreciate the image is not the greatest quality, but it is the best we have and we are determined to carry out all lines of enquiry available to us to identify this individual.

“It may be someone is able to recognise him from his general build and clothing, or it might at least jog the memory of any witnesses who were in the area and have not already spoken to police.

“I would urge anyone with information that might assist our investigation to please get in touch.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk/contact, via email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55220115715. Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.