Police probe launched after woman is filmed spitting at and racially abusing takeaway worker in Sheffield

Footage of the incident, filmed at the Chicken Stop on the corner of Carver Street and Division Street in Sheffield city centre, has gone viral after being been shared on social media networks.

CRIME: Combat knife found on Sheffield streetMobile phone footage, filmed by the woman's victim, captures her hurling racist abuse before spitting at him across the counter.

POLICE: Sheffield shooting was 'cold blooded murder' - prosecutionThe incident is believed to have stemmed from the woman being denied free water in the shop.

A South Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "This is being investigated by the Central Neighbourhood Team."