A suspect was tracked down and arrested after a security guard was racially abused at a Nottingham supermarket.
Officers were called to Sainsbury’s, in Perry Road, Basford, following the incident at approximately 2pm on Sunday (20 August).
The suspect was reported to have racially abused the security guard before hitting him with an umbrella. He left the scene before police arrived.
A description of the suspect was provided and officers from the City Central neighbourhood policing team went looking for him.
A few minutes later, a man walking up Nottingham Road was stopped and arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated assault.
He was taken into custody for questioning and later bailed pending further enquiries.
Inspector Liz Gaskin, who leads the City Central neighbourhood team, said:
“This was excellent work by officers on the ground, who managed to track down and detain a suspect within minutes of the incident.
“Nottinghamshire Police takes offences like this extremely seriously. There is no place in our society for racial abuse. It is a crime and we would always encourage victims to come forward and tell us about it.”
Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to call 101 quoting incident 400 of 20 August 2023.
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