Overview

• Police say they received a report at 1:49pm on Thursday, 28 August, of racist abuse in Manor Heath Park and have opened an assault investigation.
• Officers released images and appealed to identify a white man and woman in their 60s, describing the man in a pink or purple T‑shirt with jeans and the woman in a vest top with jeans.
• The victim, Apple Moorhouse, an NHS healthcare worker, says she, her father and her six-year-old daughter were targeted after she asked for a dog to be put on a lead.
• Clips circulating online show anti‑immigrant taunts referencing Channel crossings, explicit threats, hair‑pulling, water thrown and attempts to seize a phone.
• Moorhouse reported bruising and neck and rib pain and attended A&E; one outlet reports she posted that the couple had been identified and were heading to a police station, a claim not confirmed by police.