Police search for Shropshire fight suspect
by Deborah HardimanPolice are searching for a Shropshire man suspected of being involved in a fight in Newport.
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Officers from West Mercia Police want to speak to Ryan Twardun, aged 27, after an alleged affray.
He is believed to have been in the High Street area when a disturbance happened on Wednesday.
Twardun has previously been jailed for attacking his ex-partner while she drove him home from a night out.
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Twardun, now of Newport but previously from near Market Drayton, repeatedly punched the woman and in doing so breached a community order imposed on him in 2016 for harassing a previous partner.
He also had previous convictions for affray and drink driving.
Information about his whereabouts should be reported to West Mercia Police by telephoning 101 ext 7712187.