The Daily Record reports on the conviction of a man on a charge of racially aggravated breach of the peace after he called a Muslim shopkeeper “a P***” in a dispute over 2p. Paisley Sheriff Court heard the case against Jaspal Bharya, 38, in connection with an incident at the Mini Market store...
The London Evening Standard picks up on a report published in Roar News on Friday about a suspected Islamophobic incident outside the Strand campus of King’s College London. Roar News reported that a Muslim student at the university was allegedly verbally abused by two men and had her face veil...
The Gazette and Herald reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused two security guards during a drunken night out in Chippenham. Neil Pengelley, 42, was spotted lying drunk on a bench by the two Asian guards from their CCTV building, Security Watch, at around 12.30am on February 13,...
The Kent Messenger reports on the referral of Conservative councillor Michael Franklin to Medway Council’s monitoring officer after messages promoting “anti-Islamic views” were posted on his social media account. The local paper reports that the Labour leader of Medway council, Vince Maple,...
The South Wales Argus reports on a Muslim shop owner who has pleaded for help from Gwent Police after his business was targetted by a gang of youths. Shop owner Muhammad Iqbal, 32, requesting a meeting with officers from Gwent Police to help him deal with alleged “co-ordinated abuse” at his...
The Yorkshire Evening Post and the Pontefract & Castleford Express report on the trial of a man charged over an attack on a Pakistani pizza delivery man who was racially abused and violently assaulted when he went to deliver a takeaway order last year. On Saturday 15 May 2015, Nafees...
Local paper, The Leader, reports that a man has been charged in connection with a hate crime incident at Flint railway station last month. On 30 January, two Asian men waiting at the railway station for a train to Chester were “asked about their religious beliefs” before being abused and...
Online news site Crawley News reports on a fine imposed on a man who hurled racist abuse at one man and punched another man in the face outside a kebab shop in Sussex. George Maguire, 22, was heard shouting “p*** c***” outside The Kebab Shop in Horsham. The victim was Iranian man who was out...
The Guardian and Daily Mail report on a “fitness to practise” tribunal hearing by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service into Dr Christian Solomonides, a senior doctor working in Accident and Emergency who posted “dozens of foul-mouthed messages” on his Twitter page. Dr Solomonides, 37,...
BBC News reports on the jail sentences passed on two men convicted of the murder of Muslim grandfather, Muhsin Ahmed, in Rotherham. Dale Jones, 30, was convicted of murder by unanimous verdict at his trial last Wednesday. Today, a jury found Damien Hunt guilty of manslaughter by unanimous verdict....
