Police are investigating a hate-related public order offence in a Barrow bed store.
Officers said three male children entered the town’s Benson’s for Beds store at around 4pm on January 23 and were acting in a ‘generally anti-social manner’.
It was reported that as they left the store, one of the children said several homophobic remarks about a man.
One of the children is described as having short curly hair and was wearing a dark tracksuit.
Police are looking for any witnesses to this incident, and anyone who may be able to identify any of the three children.
Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 104 of 25 January 2026 or call 101.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
