Victim was spat at and assaulted when man boarded the 11C Outer Circle service in Vicarage Road, Kings Heath
West Midlands Police have launched a CCTV appeal after a bus driver was racially abused and assaulted in Birmingham. Pictured: CCTV appeal from Thursday 17 April incident(Image: West Midlands Police)
A Birmingham bus driver was racially abused and attacked after he asked a passenger to put his dog on a lead.
It happened when the passenger boarded the 11C in Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, at around 2.20pm on Thursday, April 17.
He became “aggressive” when the driver made the lead request and spat at the victim and attacked him, leaving him with forehead wounds, West Midlands Police said.
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Police released an image of a man who may have information.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: “Recognise this man? We’d like to speak to him after a bus driver was racially abused and assaulted in Birmingham.
“It happened on the 11C bus on Vicarage Road in Kings Heath on Thursday, April 17.
“A passenger boarded the bus around 2.20pm, and was asked by the driver, a man, to put his dog on a lead.
West Midlands Police have launched a CCTV appeal after a bus driver was racially abused and assaulted in Birmingham. Pictured: CCTV appeal from Thursday 17 April incident(Image: West Midlands Police)
“When the passenger refused, he became aggressive, and racially abused the driver before spitting at him and attacking him – leaving him with cuts to his forehead.”
Investigating officer Pc Agnieszka Collier said: “This was a nasty, unnecessary assault on a man who was just doing his job.
“We would urge anyone who was on the bus at the time, or who recognises the man pictured, to get in touch with us as soon as possible.”
If you have information that could help our investigation, please call 101 quoting crime reference number 20/212867/25.
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