A dad's jaw was broken in an alleged assault in front of his children following a row over a noisy student party.

Alvaro Zanlorenze, who runs an executive taxi business in Canterbury, has now thanked well-wishers in a video message from his hospital bed.

He says he was knocked out by a blow to the face outside his home in Miller Avenue and the incident, which happened the morning after the party on Thursday, is now being investigated by police.

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Brazilian-born Mr Zanlorenze, who lives with his wife Serafina and two children, posted a video on Facebook from his hospital bed on Saturday alongside his young boys, Henrique, 11, and Kevin, six.

He says: "As everyone knows what happened to me on Thursday. I have been punched in my face, I have my jaw broken in two places and I had the surgery today to fix it.

"I would like to say thank you for all the messages and all the support and I hope to be back home today."

Mr Zanlorenze, 38, is now recovering back at home following the surgery.

He said: "The hospital doctors and nurses were very good to me and I would like to thank them too.

VIDEO: Mr Zanlorenze talks from his hospital bed

"It was a very frightening experience, especially for my wife and boys to see me unconscious on the ground.

"I'm feeling pretty sore and uncomfortable and can only have fluids through a straw. I cannot work for a while too, which is very hard financially."

His post on the Canterbury Residents Group Facebook page prompted an outpouring of sympathy and sparked a heated debate with many complaining of the grief they are suffering from noisy student parties and activities.

Police spokesman Sally Smith said: "We are investigating a report that a man was assaulted in Miller Avenue, Canterbury, at approximately 10.40am on Thursday, October 27.

"A 21-year-old man from Faversham has been arrested on suspicion of assault and has been bailed until December 17 pending further inquiries."