Police are investigating a reported hate related public order incident on Middlegate, Penrith.

The incident occurred at a restaurant on August 1, 2022, between 9:30pm and 10:00pm.

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A spokesperson from Cumbria Police said: "The incident reported involved two men. One man is reported to have been racially, verbally abusive to the other man and made threats of violence."

Police are appealing for members of the public who witnessed the incident to contact police.

Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at via www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 268 of the 1st of August. You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.