A man has posted pictures of his battered and bruised face following an attack by a stranger who beat him up over a slice of pizza.

Mark Sinclair, 29, said he was walking home from a pub in Stenhousemuir, Scotland, last Wednesday night after having a drink with a friend when he stopped to buy a pizza.

At around 11:10 pm he said he was attacked by a man just 100 yards from his house.

Sinclair told The Daily Record: “He said, ‘Gimme a bit of your pizza’, then started laying into me.” He was kicked in the face and neck multiple times.

“As far as I’m aware it was only one guy but I got a bit groggy, so there could have been someone else,” he said.

The attack left Sinclair with nerve damage in the back of his right eye, severe bruising and torn ligaments in his knee.

A friend suggested he post a photo of his battered face on Facebook to help track the assailant down.

He wrote on Facebook: “Share this if you can, the more people who are aware then the more likely someone will come forward.”

“I thought I’d put it up to generate some interest because the police have very little to go on.”

The photo has been shared more than 2200 times.

Scottish Police are looking for two unidentified men in connection with the incident.