A woman who may be scarred for life after a man smashed a beer glass into her face has pleaded for someone to identify him.

Hayley Collins, 22, went to the aid of woman who had been violently assaulted by a man in a pub.

But the man returned and smashed a pint-pot in Hayley's face as she was trying to lift the woman off the floor.

Hayley is now afraid of going out in the local pubs in her home town.

She said: “I just want people to come forward and tell the police who he is. I wouldn't like what's happened to me to happen to somebody else.”

Hayley, from Middleton, was at the New Inn pub on Long Street in the town when the attack happened early on Sunday, February 28.

She saw a woman get knocked to the floor and kicked by the man, who she says had also attacked the woman's boyfriend.

The man walked away as Hayley and her friend, who did not know the woman, went to her aid and tried to pick her up from the floor.

But the man then returned and lashed out – before smashing the glass into Hayley's face and punching and kicking her.

She was taken to hospital with a four-inch cut to her face and two broken ribs.

Police are appealing for information to help trace her attacker.

Hayley, who works at an animal sanctuary, said: “I thought I had been punched in the face at first, but then realised there was a lot of blood.

“You don't expect something like that to happen in your local pub. I'm worried about going out now and they say they scar might be permanent.”

The man was about 30, 6ft and muscular. He had dark hair and was wearing a dark jacket and dark jeans.

Det Con Wayne Hagan, from Rochdale CID, said: “This woman was being a Good Samaritan, but got a glass in the face for her pains.

“There were plenty of people in the pub at the time of the incident and I am very confident that someone must know who did this.”

Witnesses should call Rochdale CID on 0161 856 8437 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.