BBC News, The Guardian, Yorkshire Evening Post and the Daily Mail all report on the life sentence passed on Zack Davies for attempted murder after he viciously attacked an Asian dentist in a Tesco store in a racially-motivated revenge attack for the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. Zack Davies,...
BBC News reports that two men have been charged with the murder of Mushin Ahmed who died after being violently assaulted on his way to mosque in Rotherham. Mr Ahmed, 81, was attacked in the early hours of 10 August 2015 and was found to have suffered “life-threatening head and facial...
The Star reports on the support shown by Rotherham Council to South Yorkshire Police in their attempt to stop far-right protests taking place after the bill for policing protests was revealed as £4 million over the last three years. South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable, David Crompton,...
As Sky News, BBC News and the Daily Mail report on the “terrifying depravity” of seven paedophiles who have been sentenced for behaving “beyond human instinct” by raping and assaulting three children – a baby, a toddler and a young child – we look at the whether the...
The Evening Standard this week reported on a warning by the Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Dave Anderson QC, about Theresa May’s plans to curb “extremist speech” and its risk of extending the “surveillance state” too far. Anderson, whose remit was extended...
The Daily Star reports on an appeal by West Midlands Police to identify a man who is wanted in connection with a racist incident at Edgbaston Cricket Grounds during the Ashes series this year. The man is sought in connection with a hate crime incident after police received a report from an Asian...
The Daily Star reports that the former leader of the English Defence League, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been arrested by police after an investigation into claims he attacked a Muslim prisoner in jail. Mr Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, 32, was arrested on suspicion of a racially...
The Burton Mail and the Derby Telegraph report on a planned protest by Britain First against plans for a mosque extension in Burton. The far-right group announced its “Burton Day of Action: Say no to the mega mosque” on Facebook. The post advertises the protest on Saturday 17 October 2015. The...
The Exeter Express and Echo reports on an incident outside a nightclub in Exeter in which a Sri-Lankan man was assaulted and taunted with anti-Muslim abuse. The local paper reports that Christopher Jackson, 26, admitted actual bodily harm, battery, and a religiously aggravated public order offence...
The Daily Mirror reports on the sentencing of a pensioner who taunted a Muslim security guard and an assistant manager at a branch of McDonalds in Langley Green, West Sussex accusing them of wanting to “chop off his head”. Patrick Maughan, 65, was drunk at the time of the incident which...
