# Police investigate alleged racist abuse and theft at Coventry shop

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/shocking-moment-man-racially-abuses-black-woman-yelling-get-back-on-your-boat-in-convenience-store-then-walks-out-without-paying/
- Published: 2026-10-24T11:19:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T11:32:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16235183/man-racially-abuses-black-woman-convenience-store.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Police are investigating alleged racist abuse at a Coventry shop.
- The man reportedly left with goods without paying.
- The woman who filmed the incident said it left her feeling broken.

## Summary

A man allegedly racially abused Nicola Salmon and a shop worker during an argument at a One Stop convenience store in Henley Green, Coventry, then left carrying goods without paying. West Midlands Police are investigating the reported incident, which took place while he was being challenged over an attempted theft.

Salmon, 47, said she had been comforting a staff member when the man began shouting and swearing, and that his racial slurs left her feeling “broken”. She said she has lived and worked in Coventry for 27 years and had not previously encountered this kind of hostility. Police said the incident happened at about 1.25pm on 21 October and asked witnesses to call 101, quoting log 2372 of that date.

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