26/09/2014

BTP Release CCTV Images Of Man Wanted In Racist Attack Investigation

The British Transport Police (BTP) have released CCTV images of a man wanted in connection with an racist attack on a Glasgow-Edinburgh train.

They say that on 28 August a man attacked a female passenger on the 22:30 Glasgow Queen Street train travelling to Edinburgh. It is understood the man verbally abused the woman about her race and religion before getting off the train at Linlithgow Railway Station at about 23:00.

The man is described as approximately 6ft tall, of medium build with short dark greying hair.

In the CCTV images he is shown wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and blue tie.

Det Con Paul Farquhar, of the British Transport Police, said: "I am appealing to anyone who recognises the man in the photograph to contact me as a matter of urgency."

(MH/CD)

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