Police In Harrogate Appeal After Young Asian Man Ambushed

Monday, 29 February 2016 14:28

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted on his way home from work in an apparent racist and homophobic attack.

The 19-year-old, who is Asian, was targeted by two men after getting off the 1C bus on Knaresborough Road, Harrogate, and walking down Swarcliffe Road.

He walked past the two men, who grabbed him and held his arms behind his back. One man pushed him forward while the other punched and kicked him in the head. The victim received numerous small cuts to his face and head.

During the attack, the two men are said to have made racial and homophobic remarks.

Police are treating the incident - which took place just after midnight on 28 January 2016 - as a race-hate and homophobic attack.

One of the suspects is described as white and in his mid to late 40s. He had very short, shaved hair, was a chunky or fat build and had neatly-shaven sideburns. He is described as having excess skin on his neck, like a "turkey neck".

He was dressed in workwear including a navy blue outdoor coat, dirty blue jeans and tan or sand-coloured Timberland-style workers' boots, with construction-type dirt on them.

He is said to have spoken with a local accent and wore a plain gold wedding band on his wedding ring finger.

The second suspect is described as a chunky or fat white man who is also in his mid to late 40s. He had short, thinning hair and a bit of stubble. He wore a black leather bomber jacket, jeans, brown workers' boots and had a blue tattoo on one of his wrists.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "We'd urge anyone who witnessed this incident, or has any information, to contact police immediately on 101.”

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