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Cumbria police can confirm that detectives have been given authority to charge a boy following an investigation into racially aggravated hate crime.
The charge follow consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, into the incident involving a boy being assaulted in the Carlisle on 15 March 2024.
A 15-year-old boy has now been charged with racially aggravated common assault.
They are to appear before Carlisle Youth Court tomorrow (April 25)
The boy cannot be named for legal reasons.
The Crown Prosecution Service are considering the case of the three other boys also arrested in connection with the incident.