A MAN has been taken to hospital following a stabbing in Colchester.

Police were called to St Johns Road at about 6pm yesterday (April 6) after a man in his thirties was stabbed.

The man was riding his bike when a man got out of a vehicle and stabbed the victim in the side of his body.

The victim was taken to Colchester General Hospital but he has now discharged himself.

Anyone with information call Essex police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.