POLICE are appealing for information after a man was stabbed in Westcliff.

Officers were contacted just before 4.30pm this afternoon, Tuesday, June 2, with reports of a man injured in the street in Park Road.

Life-saving treatment was given by paramedics and emergency doctors from the air ambulance on the scene and then the man, aged in his thirties, was taken to hospital where he remains in a life-threatening condition having received treatment for a single stab wound to the chest.

Officers believe he was stabbed at a nearby scrapyard in Park Lane and staggered to Park Road where he was found.

Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said: "I am looking for two men who are believed to be responsible for the attack on this man.

"I would ask anyone who saw two men acting suspiciously in the area or who has any other information to contact detectives as soon as possible.”

Any witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at the Brentwood Major Crime Team on 101 or by email at scdappeals@essex.pnn.police.ukor telephone Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.