A POLICE boss has warned that racist abuse will not be tolerated in north Wales in the wake of the Brexit vote to leave the European Union.

North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones spoke out after hearing there had been a worrying rise in hate crime in other parts of the UK following the referendum result.

It’s understood that more than 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crime have been reported across Britain since the out vote, with a many of the alleged perpetrators citing the decision to leave the EU.

One video, said to have been filmed in Hackney on the morning after the referendum, shows a man arguing with someone in a car before yelling: “Go back to your country”.

Welsh public figures also say they have been subjected to racist abuse, including Muslim Remain campaigner Shazia Awan, a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, who received a Tweet on Friday saying: “Pack your bags....youre (sic) going home.”

She has reported eight people to South Wales Police.

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