The Courier reports on the trial of a man who abused his Muslim convert stepfather via a social media messaging system telling him to “go and eat bacon”. Dean McAndrew, 28, pleaded guilty to using a public communications network to send grossly offensive or indecent, obscene or menacing...
The Huddersfield Examiner reports on a fine imposed on a man who racially abused a security officer at Huddersfield Bus Station because a fellow commuter would not move her bags and allow him to sit down. John Arnold, 61, appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to...
The news website Get West London reports on a suspected hate crime on King Street in Hammersmith on Friday evening, 6 January, where a Muslim woman was allegedly attacked by a diner at a restaurant where she was dining with friends. The anti-racism group, Stand Up to Racism, revealed details...
The Evening Telegraph reports on the court appearance of a man who shouted racist abuse at a shopkeeper after he was asked to leave a newsagents shop because of his inebriated state. Jon Hunter, 42, admitted behaving in a racially aggravated threatening or abusive manner and uttering threats of...
The Mail on Sunday front page yesterday covered revelations to be aired in an Al Jazeera four part documentary this week which reveals ‘plots’ by an Israeli embassy official to “take down” a Government minister known for his outspoken views on Israel’s illegal...
The Braintree and Witham Times reports on a suspected arson attack on the Al Falah Islamic Centre in Silks Way, Braintree on Sunday 8 January. The local paper reports police officers and a fire crew attended the incident in the early hours of Sunday morning when the mosque’s doors were...
The Scottish Sun newspaper reported on how a football player for Celtic, Moussa Dembele, has hit back against the racist abuse he got from a fan from an opposing team during a match against Rangers at the Ibrox stadium in Glasgow last week. Footage appeared online of an alleged racist slur shouted...
Four Chelsea football fans have been sentenced after they were filmed racially abusing a man in Paris during a Champions League match fixture in the French capital two years ago. The incident, which happened in February 2015, saw the football fans chant “we are racist, we are racist, and that’s...
The Worcester News reported yesterday on the alleged racist assault on a Muslim taxi driver on New Year’s Eve. Sajid Bhatti, 33, was parked at a taxi rank outside Worcester Shrub Hill station at 11pm when he was allegedly attacked by a group of people. Mr Bhatti claims there were three men that...
On 27 December, three Muslim women confronted a man who allegedly called them “f***ing p***s” in a busy shopping centre in Hull. Footage from the incident filmed on a mobile phone was later posted on YouTube by one of the victims and was posted on the Mail Online website last week. It shows the...
