Saturday, August 06, 2016

‘You white motherf*****!’ Police renew appeal to find Asian driver who ‘racially abused a woman crossing the road too slowly for his liking’

  • Mercedes driver appears to hurl racist abuse at white woman in a car park
  • Believed the chaos began after she walked in front of his car 'too slowly'
  • The mayhem was filmed as it unfolded at Arena Shopping Park in Coventry
  • Police are renewing their appeal to track driver and woman down
Police investigating an incident where an Asian driver hurled racist abuse at a white woman for crossing in front of his car too slowly have renewed their appeal to find him.

The chaos unfolded at Arena Shopping Park in Rowley's Green, Coventry, in May and a video of the incident showed two people shouting at one another as horrified passers-by attempted to intervene.

The Mercedes driver can be seen wildly gesturing as his passenger and members of the public try to usher him back to his car, which was outside a branch of Tesco. 

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The driver can be seen gesturing wildly and shouting at Arena Shopping Park in Rowley's Green, Coventry
The passer-by eventually gets the man inside of his car
The driver can be seen gesturing wildly (pictured on the left) and shouting at Arena Shopping Park in Rowley's Green, Coventry, before a member of the public ushers him into his car (right)

At one point the man appears to shout, 'You white motherf*****!'

It is believed he started bombarding the older woman with abuse because she had crossed the road in front of the his car 'too slowly'.

He is eventually guided back to his car where he then lifted his arms threateningly and shouted: 'What you going to do?'

After some more shouting, the woman responds with: 'Go and crash your car.' 

Brian Kavanagh filmed the mayhem when he was shopping with his 14-year-old son on Sunday May 22. 

He told the Coventry Telegraph that his son asked him why the man was 'threatening to kill an old lady'.

However the driver cannot be heard saying this in the film.

He added that it was unexpected - particularly as Coventry is 'such a multicultural city'. 

West Midlands Police have confirmed the incident is being treated as a racially aggravated public order offence.

They are keen to speak to the woman who appears to be the victim of the racist abuse and are appealing for her to contact police as soon as possible.


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