Police are seeking a man who racially abused a mother and her child on a bus in Wembley.

The 49-year-old woman and her 11-year-old son boarded a southbound Number 18 bus in Wembley at about 5.20pm on June 16.

While on board the bus, a man, who had got on at the same stop, become abusive towards her and the boy.

A police spokesperson said: “Over a period of around ten minutes, the man verbally abused the pair, using extremely abusive language and racial slurs.”

Officers have circulated an image of a man they wish to speak to in connection with the attack.

They are asking the public to help or for the man himself to come forward.

Call PC Mike Willcox of the Safer Transport team at Brent on 020 8733 3809 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.