POLICE UPDATE

British Transport Police today appealed for information following an incident of racist abuse on a train travelling between London Bridge and Tunbridge Wells.

A man has voluntarily come forward and will be interviewed in due course.

Police were hunting for a man who boarded a train at Orpington station and allegedly hurled “a tirade of foul-mouthed racist abuse” at another passenger.

A 37-year-old woman said she was racially abused by a man on the 9.37pm London Bridge to Tunbridge Wells train on Saturday, July 25.

Police believe the man boarded the train at Orpington station before striking up a conversation with the woman and launching into a racist outburst.

Officers released a CCTV image of a man they wished to speak to in connection with the investigation.

PC Craig Twyman said: “The victim was subjected to a tirade of foul-mouthed racist abuse after the man engaged her in conversation.

“She felt intimidated and threatened by him and reported the incident on leaving the train."