Women arrested over TV interview race abuse bailed

Two women shouted at a local businessman during a Sky News interview

Two women who were arrested after members of the public were subjected to racial abuse during a television interview in Nuneaton have been bailed and told not to go into the town centre, Warwickshire Police has said.

A Sky News reporter was speaking to a businessman named as Zahin about tensions over asylum in the community, following anti-immigration protests, when the interview was disrupted.

Social media footage showed two women approaching him and shouting about rape, with one person "reportedly being pushed", police said.

The women, aged 30 and 43, were were arrested on suspicion of public order offences and the older woman was also suspected of racially aggravated common assault.

Warwickshire Police said on Thursday both women had been bailed with conditions including that they are not to enter Nuneaton town centre.