A mum says she was left in tears after a shopper hurled vile racist abuse at her as she walked through a Trafford shopping centre. Masarit Begum, 42, who was born in Manchester, says an elderly man at Stretford Mall muttered flipping P***s everywhere! when she passed him. When she challenged him he turned and shouted: Go back to your own f***ing country before repeatedly telling her to f*** off .
The mum-of-seven, from Cheetham Hill, whose family are of Kashmiri origin, says she was left in tears after the shocking outburst. She said: I was walking into the mall as an elderly white man looked at me and said: P***s everywhere .
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I asked him if he was talking to me because I was shocked. He turned back and said: f***ing go back to your own f***ing country .
When something like this happens to you it s a real shock. I was in tears because it s not a rare occurrence, I get this many times.
The management were fairly unsympathetic and asked for a description.
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It s traumatic to be abused totally unprovoked when I did nothing to harm him.
Masarit had just dropped off her children at Sale Grammar School, on Tuesday morning, September 13, and was walking through the mall when it happened. She reported the incident to shopping centre managers and Greater Manchester Police. Officers are now investigating the incident.
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Masarit Begum says she decided to report this incident because she worries about the future for her children in Manchester
The mum, 42, says she has been told there is little possibility that the man will be identified. But she says she is determined to take a stand after estimating that she experiences racism at least twice a month.
She added: Because this happened at the mall I thought there would be some evidence, but there isn t.
It happens a lot. I recently had something flicked at me by a group of grown men and they called me an f***ing c*** . Sometimes it happens so quickly it s too late to be pulling out cameras and filming it.
If you are blessed with white skin you will never know what it s like to be treated in this manner.
I m 42 years old now and after all these years I m taking a stand. It s just unacceptable.
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Stretford Mall say anyone found to be making racist comments will be banned from the centre
Gareth Wilkins, Stretford Mall Centre Manager, said that he has spoken with Mrs Begum and confirmed that security staff had provided CCTV footage to police to help with their investigation.
He said: Following the incident, our security contractors undertook a review of the CCTV footage from the centre.
“Their initial search of footage had concentrated on the area of the centre originally specified in the complaint, but after they expanded the search area they uncovered footage which was then passed to police to assist in any criminal investigation.
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I would like to take this opportunity to again apologise to Mrs Begum for her experience, and reassure her and the community that as a centre we have a zero tolerance policy for aggressive or offensive behaviour of any kind.
“Any shopper found to be making racist or offensive comments will be banned from entering the centre ever again.