Detectives have appealed for witnesses after a man was stabbed at Purfleet.
The incident happened at Meads Corner, Arterial Road, shortly after 4am on Sunday March 6, 2011 as customers were leaving the Circus Tavern.
A 25-year-old man from Grays was stabbed three times in the torso after he and his friends are thought to have been involved in an altercation with a group of other men on a forecourt between the nightclub and a nearby petrol station.
The injured man was taken to a hospital at Dartford, Kent before being transferred to a hospital in London. His condition was said to be serious but stable.
The area was cordoned off while detectives and a specialist search team examined the scene.
Any witnesses or anyone with information about events leading to the assault should contact DI Joel Henderson at the South Ockendon serious crime team on 0300 333 4444.
