Amy F, 13, was shopping for cake ingredients in the supermarket on May 20 in Bournemouth reportedly grabbed by the neck by an unknown man who told her to “die”.
Amy was left with red marks on her neck after a man allegedly grabbed her by the neck and shouted ‘die, girl’ (Image: Tomasz F)
Amy’s father, Tomasz, said of the police’s handling of the incident: “It wasn’t handled at all.
“If you can’t protect small kids, then, you know, what can we do?”
A spokesperson for Dorset Police said when the report was made, officers were informed the offender had left the scene and the girl was safe with her father.
They added following an assessment of the threat, risk, harm and vulnerability, no officers were deployed to the scene.
“We recognise the distress this incident has caused to the victim and her family and would like to apologise for the delay in our response to officers making contact with them,” the force said.
No arrests have been made.