Two men who denied charges of racially aggravated assault on a Turkish takeaway worker changed their pleas mid-trial after the prosecution presented evidence of their Facebook posts boasting about the incident. Jack Hunter, 21 and Thomas Chapman, 23 appeared at York Crown Court this week. The court...
The Sutton Guardian reports on an alleged Islamophobic attack at the Poundland shop in Sutton High Street on Sunday 13 March. The local paper reports that a Muslim worker at the store, Masoomah Jafari, 26, was allegedly called a “f*****g Muslim” and had her headscarf pulled at after a...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports on the sentencing of a woman who hurled racial abuse at two police officers and assaulted one of them after they were called to an incident at the Blackburn Times pub. Emma Roach, 27, appeared before Blackburn Magistrates court this week pleading guilty to assault...
The Crawley News reports on the sentencing of two men at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on February 24 on charges of racially aggravated beating and the use of racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment. Aaron Gray, 34 and Paul Smith 38,...
The Courier reports on the trial of two men charged with a breach of the peace after their drunken antics on a yacht moored at a marina in Arbroath caused locals to call the police. The local paper reports that Richard Hartshorne, 41 and John Sharp, 49 appeared before Forfar Sheriff Court in...
The Nottingham Post reports that a man who assaulted a Muslim doctor on the streets of Nottingham last October has received a fine and a suspended sentence. Aidan Fletcher, 23, admitted a charge of racially aggravated assault by beating when he appeared before Nottingham Magistrates Court in...
The Daily Record reports on the trial of a man who racially abused and spat at a Pakistani shop attendant who refused to sell him wine because of his inebriated state. The paper reports that Gary McLellan, 26 appeared before Paisley Sheriff Court this week to answer to charges of racially...
Scottish newspapers, The Herald and Daily Record report on an apology issued by South Ayrshire’s Depute Provost and Conservative party councillor, Mary Kilpatrick, after she retweeted a number of messages with the hashtag “BanTheBurka”. Ms Kilpatrick, a member of South Ayrshire Council...
The local paper, Bury Times, reports on a meeting between MPs and the chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), Sir Alan Moses, during which the press regulator’s approach to tackling Islamophobia in the media was broached. The paper highlights interventions by Rochdale MP,...
ITN News reports on a statement released by South Yorkshire Police confirming the arrest of a man in connection with a suspected racial assault in Rotherham last month. Local news reports published details of an incident at a BP garage in Rotherham on 27 February in which an Asian man was allegedly...
