Article: Assault on dance floor.

A TEENAGER may have to undergo surgery after he was assaulted while enjoying himself on the dance floor.

The 17-year-old was in Time and Tide in Hartlepool when he was approached by the unknown attacker.

The victim was left with a broken right cheekbone and a fractured eye socket, and had to be treated at the University Hospital of Hartlepool.

A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said: "The victim, who is a 17-year-old man, was on the dance floor when another man came up to him and, for no apparent reason, assaulted him."

The attacker is described as being white, medium build, around 5ft 10in ...

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