Police are searching for a man after a woman was injured when she was deliberately tripped at Penzance train station.

A 51 year-old woman suffered bruising to her face when she was tripped coming out of the ticket office and fell face first onto the floor, shortly after 8am on Tuesday, March 15.

PC Wayne Frost said: “After studying CCTV of the incident, I believe this was a deliberate act.

“It left the victim shaken and bruised, and fortunate to escape more serious injuries.

“We have shared images from the station on police intelligence networks, and today I am asking for the public’s help.

“I think the man in the picture has information about what happened. Who is he?”