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Man on trial over alleged racist assault at Lincoln medical centre

Man on trial over alleged racist assault at Lincoln medical centre

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Wednesday June 29 2016

The Lincolnshire Echo reports on trial proceedings in the case of man accused of beating up a Muslim with his walking stick at a medical centre in Lincoln.

Gareth Dominic Williams, 47, was charged with racially aggravated assault and assaultby beating in connection with the incident which happened at Newland Medical Centre on 22 January. Williams denied the charges.

Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard Abdul Siddiqui was at the centre with his wife and two young children, aged 3 and 5, for an appointment. As Mr Siddiqui and his family got into a lift to leave Mr Williams “forced” his way into the lift and allegedly began racially abusing him.

Mr Siddiqui told the court that when he said to Williams the lift was full, Williams responded saying “What are you going to do, are you going to blow me up?”

Williams allegedly called Mr Siddiqui an “Asian” and asked him “do you want to kill me?”

Mr Siddiqui claims Williams then hit him with his walking stick and continued with the abuse until the lift arrived at the ground floor when Mr Siddiqui called for help.

Mr Siddiqui told the court “This man was carrying a walking stick and he hit me in the tummy with it. The pain was serious and I couldn’t work for a week.”

His wife, Rubina, gave evidence in court from behind a screen saying “I heard the man say something like “would you blow me up” and he started hurting my husband.

“I’m from India and I think that some people have a negative thinking about people from distant countries.”

8765432Witness Kylie Hallam, who was at the health centre with her mother and son for an appointment, described to the court what she saw in the surgery reception area.

“I saw him smack the Asian guy on the top of his head with the stick,” she said.

“And I saw him poke him in the stomach with it four or five times.”

The trial hearing will resume on Tuesday, July 19 and Williams was granted unconditional bail until then.

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