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Banbury shopper racially abused and spat at
22/09/2024
The female suffered abuse both on arrival and departure
A woman has been racially abused and spat at outside a Banbury supermarket.
The woman, who’s in her thirties, was reversing into a parking space at Tesco Extra on Lockheed Close last Saturday (September 14) at 1.15pm. A man, who had parked a few spaces away, left his vehicle and approached the victim’s car. He then shouted racial abuse at her and spat at her car.
The man then waited for the victim to finish her shopping and continued to harass her as she was attempting to leave.
Thames Valley Police is appealing for any witnesses to contact them.
The man is described as a white, aged between 30 and 40-years-old, around 5ft 5ins tall and balding. He was driving a white Audi A3 with the partial registration number GY11.
The victim was not injured in the incident.
Investigating officer PC Jacob Lelliott, based at Banbury police station, said: “I’m appealing to anybody who witnessed this incident or who may have dash-cam which has captured what happened to please contact Thames Valley Police.
“You can report online or by calling 101, quoting reference 43240443362.
“Alternatively, for anonymity, you can also call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam