Update – man due in court in connection with reported hate crime incident in Christchurch
A man is due to appear in court in connection with a reported hate crime incident in Christchurch.
The incident occurred at around 12pm on Wednesday 22 December 2021 in Bingham Road. It was reported that a man aged in his 40s was racially abused by another man.
Following enquiries, a 38-year-old local man attended for a voluntary police interview. He has now been issued with a postal requisition to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday 22 April 2022 for an offence of using racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress, as well as an offence of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
The incident occurred at around 12pm on Wednesday 22 December 2021 in Bingham Road. It was reported that a man aged in his 40s was racially abused by another man.
Following enquiries, a 38-year-old local man attended for a voluntary police interview. He has now been issued with a postal requisition to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday 22 April 2022 for an offence of using racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress, as well as an offence of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
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