Appeal to identify man after racially aggravated assault in Crawley supermarket

Police are appealing for help to identify a man following a reported racially aggravated assault in a Crawley supermarket. The incident happened inside the Iceland store in Queens Square, Crawley, on 19 December. Sussex Police say a dispute broke out in a queue involving a woman who was with her baby son and a man […]

Police are appealing for help to identify a man following a reported racially aggravated assault in a Crawley supermarket.

The incident happened inside the Iceland store in Queens Square, Crawley, on 19 December. Sussex Police say a dispute broke out in a queue involving a woman who was with her baby son and a man inside the store. The woman was reportedly subjected to a racially aggravated common assault.

Officers are continuing their investigation and have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.

The man is described as being in his 40s or 50s, around 5ft 6in tall, and wearing a light blue baseball cap, a grey hooded top, and a green military-style camouflage jacket.

Police are urging anyone who witnessed the incident, recognises the man, or has any information which could assist the investigation to come forward.

Information can be reported to Sussex Police online, quoting serial 616 of 19/12.