Plea issued over assault (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Plea issued over assault
9:20am Tuesday 22nd May 2012 in Spen
A 20-year-old man was left with a fracture to his eye socket following a racially aggravated assault.
Officers have appealed for information following the incident in Batley Road, Heckmondwike, when the man was walking to Junction Superstores.
A police spokesman said: “It is reported the victim was subjected to racially abusive remarks before being assaulted by a group of four men.”
The men were in their early 20s wearing hooded jackets with one wearing a cap.
Anyone with any information about the incident, which occurred at 8.25pm on Friday, has been asked to contact Det Con Julie Holloway at Dewsbury Police Station on the 101 number.
