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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

Schoolboy arrested on suspicion of racial and homophobic abuse

A 15-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including homophobic and racial abuse.

Merseyside Police confirmed that officers stopped the teen on Nutgrove Road in Rainhill, after which he shouted homophobic abuse at officers. He was then arrested on suspicion of a public order offence as well as on suspicion of attempted robbery, actual bodily harm and racially/religiously aggravated common assault which related to an incident on Sunday, June 19.

The incident saw youths assault a man and make threats on Eltonhead Road, as well as racially abusing a woman nearby. The schoolboy has been conditionally bailed.

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