Update following reported racially aggravated assault in Bournemouth
Detectives continuing to investigate a reported racially aggravated assault in Bournemouth have made an arrest.
It is reported that at around 5.30am on Sunday 1 September 2024 a man aged in his 40s was riding a Beryl scooter in Beale Place when he came across a group of three men.
One of the men punched the victim to the face and he was also racially abused by the group.
He was able to run away from the group and subsequently attended hospital for treatment to facial injuries.
Following enquiries by detectives from Bournemouth CID, a 26-year-old man from Poole has been arrested on suspicion of assault. He remains in police custody at this time as enquiries continue.