A 19-year-old was seriously injured after a stabbing during a large-scale disturbance involving around 90 youths in Eglinton Park.

Detectives are appealing for information after the incident on Wednesday, May 15.

At around 8.20pm on Wednesday evening, police were called to a report of a man seriously assaulted following a large-scale disturbance involving around 90 youths near to Eglinton Castle within Eglinton Country Park.

The injured 19-year-old man was taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock where he was treated for stab wounds then later released.

Detective Constable George Robertson of Saltcoats Police Office is appealing for any witnesses to this incident, or anyone with information that will assist his investigation to contact Saltcoats Police Office through 101 quoting reference number 4229 of 17th May 2019.