Maidenhead & Windsor

Maidenhead Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault on a young boy, which happened on Monday (1/5) at approximately 2.45pm.

A nine-year-old Asian boy returned to Kidwells Park, Maidenhead, to pick up his coat where he had left it. As the boy approached the new area of the park by Cookham Road, he was attacked by a youth who was part of a large group and aged between 16 and 17 years old. The victim was sworn at before being assaulted, while the offender’s friends laughed before running off toward the Maidenhead Cookham Road.

The offending youth is white and was wearing a red baseball cap with a logo of a horse on the front, with black hair that was shaved at the sides in a zigzag pattern. He was tall and wore a black, short-sleeved shirt with blue baggy ripped jeans. He was also wearing two thick chains, one gold in colour and the other silver, and was carrying a skate board.

Maidenhead PC Alex Coyne, investigating officer, said: “This incident appears to have been unprovoked and is being treated as a racial incident.

“Incidents of this nature are treated very seriously and such behaviour will not be tolerated.

“This is an isolated incident carried out by an irresponsible youth who appears was trying to impress his peers.

“I would like to think that some members of the group, who did not take part in the incident but were there, would come forward with information as they thought it was totally out of order and it will play on their conscience.

“I would like to reassure people that the park is well policed by the council CCTV and town centre officers.”

Anyone with information about the incident should contact PC Alex Coyne on 0845 8 505 505. If you don’t want to talk to officers and don’t want to give your name, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Thames Valley Police ~ Maidenhead