Two Seperate Alleged Racist Attacks Mar Bideford's Rememberance Sunday

Two Seperate Alleged Racist Attacks Mar Bideford's Rememberance Sunday

The first offence took place at about 2pm on Sunday 13th November 2011 when three young men were assaulted by a man in Victoria Park, Bideford.

 

The offending man was in a group of males and one female and he

is described as aged in his late teens, 6'1" tall, skinny build, blonde

hair, eyebrow piercing, with bad acne and was wearing a tracksuit with

red and blue stripes. 

A police spokesman said: "Bideford CID are treating this as a

racially motivated incident and have been reviewing local CCTV to

Identify the offender.

They are appealing for witnesses who must have

been present in the park on Sunday afternoon or any information from

those close to the offender that will assist the investigation into this

unprovoked and pointless incident."

If anyone has any information please call 101 quoting reference

CD/11/1942, alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

The second attack occured just after 4pm yesterday afternoon when police in North Devon received

reports that three teenage males had allegedly assaulted and racially

abused a number of people at a property near Higher Clovelly and

subsequently ran off into surrounding farm land.

The

aircraft joined in the search with numerous local officers and a dog

unit from Barnstaple. After an extensive search the dog unit picked up a

track and located one male who gave himself up to officers. A short

time later the crew of the helicopter located the remaining two, along

with the dog unit, approximately half a mile away on the edge of a

field. Using the NiteSun (spotlight) local officers were guided into the

location and the final two taken into custody.

The three males are currently assisting officers with their enquiries.