A mum has spoken of her "disgust" after a man allegedly grabbed her 14-year-old son by his throat, causing him to think he was going to die.

Jodie Brown wrote an angry post on Facebook on Sunday, following the alleged incident at Helston's Coronation Park that afternoon.

She said: "I'm absolutely disgusted that I have to even write this, but this afternoon my 14-year-old son was physically assaulted by the fully grown man.

"The man in question had been taking pictures of my son and his friends, so my son asked him to delete them.

"This clearly angered the man as he flew into a completely unprovoked attack. He had my son by [the] throat for about a minute - he couldn't breathe - and was punching him repeatedly in the head.

"My son, a child, did not retaliate at all and showed no aggression.

"As you can imagine I'm f****** fuming."

She also posted pictures of her son's neck with red marks on it.

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The photo Jodie posted (with added identifiers) to show red marks on her son's neck

Jodie went on to tell the Packet that her son feared he was going to die after hearing what had happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis.

"He’s ok, just bit shocked by it all - he thought he was going to die like that George guy. It's scared him for life I think.

"I was furious about it all and wanted to go give [the man] a piece of my mind, but the police were really good and reassured me they were dealing with it and not to worry.

"No one touches my babies and gets away with it," she said, adding: "It broke my heart hearing him say he thought he was going to die, and one of the kids down there told their mum he was going blue, which made me even more upset and angry."

A police spokesperson confirmed that officers were looking into reports of an alleged assault at the park.

He said: "Police are investigating an allegation of assault on a 14-year-old boy at Coronation Park in Porthleven Road, Helston, between 2pm and 2.15pm on Sunday, August 9.

"The teenager sustained minor injuries. Enquiries are ongoing.

"Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, or email 101@dc.police.uk, quoting crime reference CR/065603/20."