A MAN was stabbed in the back with a knife at a packed nightclub.

Hundreds of clubbers were milling around outside as more than 30 police officers arrived at Base Nightclub in Hatfield Town Centre.

A police spokeswoman said the incident began inside the club, before spilling on to the street.

The victim, a 20-year-old from London, was wearing a home-made stab proof vest.

He was taken to the QE2 Hospital in WGC for treatment to a superficial wound shortly after 3.15am last Wednesday. The man was discharged the same day.

The spokeswoman added: “No one else was injured during the incident and enquiries are ongoing.”

* A 19-year-old man from London was arrested on suspicion of GBH and affray. He was released on police bail until next month.