13/04/2015

Police Arrest Man Over Grand National Assault Video

Police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with an alleged assault on a 63-year-old at Aintree on the opening day of the Grand National.

An investigation was launched after a mobile phone video was posted to YouTube allegedly showing the elderly man being "shoulder barged" to the ground.

The footage then shows a number of people running to assist the man and calling an ambulance.

The suspect is understood to have voluntarily attended a police station.

The police said: "Merseyside Police has been made aware of a video showing a man shoulder-barging another, older man, over in a road near to the Aintree racecourse.

"The incident is being treated as assault and officers are speaking to several people believed to have further information that could help the investigation."

(MH/CD)

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