Police investigating an incident in which a staff member was racially abused at a takeaway in Lymm have a released an image of a man they would like to speak to.
At around 7.45pm on Monday 21 April, Warrington officers received reports of an incident at the KFC restaurant at Lymm Services.
The caller reported that an unknown man entered the premises, purchased food and then sat down to eat it.
A short time later, the same man returned to the restaurant and a staff member asked him if he was okay or needed any assistance. At this point the man became angry, claiming the food he had received was not what he had ordered.
When the staff member showed the man that his food matched his order, he became angrier and hurled racial abuse at the staff worker, before throwing the bag of food at him and leaving.
Tom Johnson, of Warrington’s Northern Area Investigation Team, said: “No one should go to work and expect to have abuse hurled at them when they are simply trying to do their job.
“As part of our enquiries into this incident, we are looking to speak to the individual pictured as we believe he may hold vital information that may help our investigation, so I would urge anyone who recognises him to get in touch.
“I would also urge the man pictured to please contact us.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Cheshire Police via the website or on 101, quoting IML-2032488.
