A 16-YEAR-OLD girl had a bottle of water thrown over her and was racially abused, police say.

Police say they are investigating the racially-aggravated assault, which happened by a bus stop on London Road outside the Asda supermarket.

It took place at 4.40pm last Tuesday, February 4.

A spokesman from Cumbria Police said: "The suspect is a white woman, aged in her late teens, of large build and is approximately five foot eight.

"She has brown hair, that is dyed blond, tied in a ponytail.

"She was wearing a zipped-up black jacked with a fur hood, black leggings and white trainers."

Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 101, quoting incident number 166 of February 4.

Alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.