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    Jun 2020

    Last Updated: 24/06/2020
    Knaresborough
    Knaresborough

    Police investigate racism reports after Knaresborough parking dispute

    by Connor Creaghan

    | 24 Jun, 2020
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    It came after a dispute in the car park over a parking space. Later that day the Polish family found their car damaged.

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    North Yorkshire Police is investigating reports of an older couple in Knaresborough making racist comments towards a Polish family.

    The incident reportedly happened in Conyngham Hall car park at around midday on Sunday, June 21.

    It came after a dispute in the car park over a parking space. Later that day the Polish family found their car damaged.

    Police say the Polish family was in a black BMW 5 series estate and the older couple was in a silver BMW 3 series.



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    They have described the male suspect as a white man, 177cm tall, of thin build and grey hair. He was wearing a blue polo shirt and grey shorts.

    While the female suspect is a white woman, shorter and stocky, wearing a pink, blue and white vest top with a large flower motif on the front.

    Anyone with information on the incident should call 101 or pass on information anonymously through Crimestoppers.