A GWENT man says he is devastated after he was the victim of an unprovoked and vicious gang attack.

Alan Hughes, 58, from Oakfield in Cwmbran, was left with a fractured eye socket and severe bruising all over his body after five young men kicked and punched him just yards from his daughter's home in the early hours of Sunday.

Mr Hughes said: "I feel traumatised. When you have been subjected to violence like that you feel like you have been violated."

Mr Hughes, who works at Wilkinsons in Magor, was walking to the home of his daughter, Tania, at around 2am on Sunday after an evening at a friend's house nearby. He said he was approached by a young man on Green Willows, who started verbally abusing and threatening him with violence.

Mr Hughes said the young man then threatened to "get his friends" before making a call on his mobile phone. Four other youths "appeared from nowhere" and the gang began punching, kicking and stamping on Mr Hughes. He managed to scramble to his daughter's front door on Abbey Green, but the attack continued as his daughter phoned police and screamed for help.

Mrs Carrington is offering a £500 reward to anyone with information that leads to a conviction.

DS Andy Cullen, from Cwmbran police confirmed police were looking for a number of young men and appealed for any witnesses to get in touch. Mr Hughes said the attackers were aged between 18 and their early twenties. Anyone with information should call police on 01633 838111.