'SPEAK ENGLISH'
Shocking moment man launches into racist tirade against Polish mum and her young children as they shopped in Aldi
In the footage the man can be heard telling her to ‘just go back' and telling her its his 'freedom of speech'
THIS is the moment a Polish mum claims a man launched a racist tirade against her and her young children while they shopped in Aldi.
In the footage shot by the woman the man can be heard telling her to "just go back" and to "speak English".
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The woman – known only as Marta – also claims he swore at her twice and was offensive about her being from Poland.
In the clip Marta – who was shopping with her two young children - attempts to report the man for racism to an Aldi worker.
She follows him round the store questioning his behaviour.
Marta can be heard telling an Aldi member of staff: "Excuse me madam I would like to report this man as a racist.
"He just said to me to f*** off back to my country because we spoke Polish on the shop floor."
As she makes her complaint the man – wearing a red cap and green jacket – retorts: “Freedom of speech”.
She told local paper : “This man passed by us and suddenly said: ‘Start speaking English’.
“He then swore at me twice and told me to go back to my country, making an offensive comment about me being Polish.”
The incident happened last week in Stevenage and Herefordshire police are now said to be investigating.
Marta – who has lived in the town for more than five years - added: “We want to live here because we really like this country and really like the freedom of this country.”
Piotr Malecki, of Stevenage’s Eastern European Association, said: “The whole situation is a terrible shock to our Polish community, especially that two children were also subjected to this nasty racist attack.”
Sun Online has contacted Aldi for comment.
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