Stranger tells mother of redhead child 'If I had a ginger baby i'd drown it'

The stranger was asked to leave the pub immediately afterwards

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The 26-year-old mother of a red-haired child was left astounded after a stranger told her: “If I had a ginger baby, I would drown it."

Tasha Kneen was in a busy Wetherspoon pub with her 16-month-old daughter Ruby-Mae Lord when the unidentified woman approached her.

After Kneen complained to the manager, the offending woman – who is reportedly in her 20s – was asked to leave.

"One of the managers asked what the problem was, I explained, the manager went into the kitchen and came out with someone else and asked her to leave," the mother-of-one told the Nottingham Post.

Kneen was with her daughter and mother at The Joseph Else in central Nottingham on Saturday when the incident occurred.

They left almost immediately afterwards, with the young mother confessing that she was “too upset” to stay.

The family had been shopping for Christmas presents prior to stopping off at the pub for a bite to eat.

Kneen, who is from Bulwell, was insulted by the stranger before she had even sat down at a table.

She explained that she would not be returning to that particular Wetherspoon branch in light of the incident.

A spokesperson for J D Wetherspoon has been quick to insist that they did not ask Kneen to leave the pub following her complaint.

“The manager dealt with the situation very well and in fact it was the lady who made the comment about the child who was asked to leave,” said Eddie Gershon.

“We do not condone such behaviour in our pubs.”