ESSEX Police are appealing following an assault.

Officers with the police are looking for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Chelmsford.

The police were called to Kingston Crescent in Springfield at 7.50pm yesterday, Thursday December 9, following reports of an assault.

A man in his 50s was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Enquiries are ongoing today, Friday December 10.

A small stretch of Kingston Crescent remains closed at the junction with Sandford Road.

Witnesses should call us on 101, quoting incident 1126 of December 9.

Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.