A YOUNG man was glassed in a crowded pub in Chingford.

A witness reported seeing the man glassed in the head at The Sirloin, in Friday Hill, in front of horrified customers.

The London Ambulance Service were called to reports of a stabbing at 10.25pm on Saturday, and took the injured man to hospital.

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said the man was hit with a bottle and had non-life threatening head injuries.

He has since been released from hospital.

Police are continuing with their enquiries.

No arrests have been made.