Police thank public after CCTV appeal launched following race-hate incident

Avon and Somerset Police are thanking everyone who has contacted them after a CCTV appeal in connection with a race hate crime on Moorland Road in Bath on Friday 13th March.

The incident happened at around 9pm at the entrance to a café-bar in the street.

A man coughed in the face of a Chinese man from Bath and made a comment about coronavirus.

Officers are now reviewing the information they have received, and the investigation continues.

If you have any information which could help, get in touch with Avon and Somerset Police through www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact, or by calling 101 quoting reference 5220061776.

Alternatively, call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. They never ask your name or trace your call.

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