POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Devizes man was apparently shot in the leg with an air rifle in the town centre.

On Saturday at around 8.30pm, police say a 23-year-old local man was shot in the leg in New Park Street.

The man suffered bleeding to his leg as a result and was treated by an ambulance crew at the scene. 

If you have any information call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.