POLICE are looking for a man in connection with an assault on a teenage boy.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "The boy was in the Co-op store in Foundry Lane, Burnham, when he was verbally abused and grabbed by the throat.
"He was left with reddening of the skin and scratch marks.
"This happened at around 5.30pm on Tuesday November 28."
Anyone with information should contact PC Clive Bennett at Maldon Local Policing Team on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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