Man left with potentially life-altering head injury after assault at Sheffield city centre Wetherspoons pub

Investigations are ongoing

Police have begun investigations into an assault at a popular city centre pub which has left a man with a serious head injury.

Officers were called to The Banker’s Draft, near to the Castle Square tram stop, just before 10pm on Sunday (June 21).

A man has been left with a potentially life-altering head injury after an assualt at a popular Sheffield city centre pubplaceholder image
A man has been left with a potentially life-altering head injury after an assualt at a popular Sheffield city centre pub | Iconic Media

Emergency services attended and a man in his 30s was rushed to hospital with a serious head injury.

Police have said the injury is “not believed to be life-threatening but is potentially life-altering.”

The pub remains taped off this morning (June 22) as investigations commence.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “Officers attended and immediately launched an investigation into the assault.

“A scene has been established and enquiries are ongoing.

“If you have any information that could help our investigation, please get in touch online or by calling 101, quoting incident number 1088 of 21 June 2026.”

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