Police arrest 46-year-old man in Oldham on suspicion of attacking Derek Laidlaw outside his partner’s home

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A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a pensioner who asked a man to stop urinating in the street was punched in the face.

Derek Laidlaw, 70, said he was attacked on 2 July at about 10.45pm after he asked a man to stop urinating against the wall of his partner’s house. Greater Manchester police have arrested a man in Oldham. He is being questioned in custody.

Laidlaw said he was punched repeatedly in the face and head after the man pinned him against a wall.

Police said that even after Laidlaw had collapsed on the floor the attacker continued the assault in Failsworth, Oldham.

A passerby managed to pull away the attacker, who then fled.