BY IAN CROUCH
Police are searching for three men wanted over the assault and robbery of two others at Rutherford early Sunday morning.
The two victims aged 25 and 28 left a hotel on the New England Highway at about 3.00am when they were approached by the three unknown men.
One of them hit the younger man over the head with a glass bottle, knocking him unconscious.
The trio then attacked the other man, demanding cash and their mobile phones before running off along Harvey Road.
The injured men were treated at Maitland Hospital.
The three men are described as being on Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander appearance, between 160 and 180cm tall and were wearing hooded jumpers.
