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northampton evening telegraph
Vicious racist attack on Chinese man
A 38-year-old Chinese man suffered a fractured skull after he and a friend were racially abused and attacked by a gang of men in Corby, Northamptonshire.
7 August 2008 (external article)
seacroft today Racist escapes prison
David Holdsworth, who was jailed for a racist attack on an Angolan family in Seacroft, has gone on the run from Sudbury open prison.
7 August 2008 (external article)
wigan evening post Man refuses to be driven from home
After suffering five years of racist attacks, which started when he moved to the Bryn area of Wigan, 62-year-old Shah Khan says he will not be driven from his home.
5 August 2008 (external article)
northern echo Concerns about racism of prison staff
The Independent Monitoring Board at Northallerton Young Offenders Institute has raised concerns about the number of alleged racist incidents at the centre.
4 August 2008 (external article)
scotsman Footballer battles for two years to prove racist abuse
Black footballer Dan Gerrard has won his fight to prove that he was subjected to racial abuse during a game in 2006. The Scottish FA had initially found the incident 'not proven'.
4 August 2008 (external article)
irish post Police launch investigation into offensive comments
Following an investigation by the Irish Post, police have launched an investigation into a website on which racist comments about the winner of the annual London Rose of Tralee contest were posted.
4 August 2008 (external article)
rye & battle observer Racist attacker jailed
A man who racially abused and assaulted a taxi driver after refusing to pay his fare in Bexhill, Hastings, has been sentenced to 16 weeks in prison.
1 August 2008 (external article)
northampton chronicle & echo Six arrests after racist attack
Six young men have been arrested following an incident at a shop during which a man suffered leg injuries and racist abuse was used. Police are treating the attack as racially-motivated.
31 July 2008 (external article)
littlehampton gazette Man charged over racist attack
A man has been accused of a racist attack, for punching a Nigerian man to the ground outside St Peter's Church, in Chapel Road, Worthing.
30 July 2008 (external article)
this is hampshire Text service to fight racial abuse between young footballers
Hampshire Football Association and the group "Racism Just Ain't Sainty" are thinking of creating a scheme for young footballers suffering racial abuse to report it by text message.
30 July 2008 (external article)
hartlepool mail Teen arrest after 'large-scale' disturbance
A 17-year-old teenager has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after reports of a 'large scale disturbance' outside a pizza shop in Wheatley Hill, Hartlepool.
29 July 2008 (external article)
blackpool gazette Racist rugby man avoids prison
Gareth Raynor, a rugby league player for Hull and Great Britain, has avoided prison after pleading guilty to a racist attack on a nightclub bouncer. He was given a six months suspended sentence and ordered to pay compensation.
29 July 2008 (external article)
sunderland echo Man spared jail after racist provocation
Amar Burton, 27, has received a nine-month sentenced suspended for 12 months after attacking a young White man who had moments earlier racially abused and attacked Burton and his friend in Newcastle.
28 July 2008 (external article)
littlehampton gazette Man in critical condition following racist attack
A Nigerian man is in a critical but stable condition in a Sussex hospital after he was attacked by two White men following an argument in Worthing. Police have arrested one man.
28 July 2008 (external article)
asian news Man abused for two years
Mithaq Murrad, 28, who was recently racially abused and threatened with a knife, alleges that the the attack was the latest in a series over the last two years in Swinton.
28 July 2008 (external article)
hounslow chronicle Prison for racist graffiti man
Robert Whitehouse, 42, has been sent to prison for two months after pleading guilty to racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage after carrying out an 'intensive' graffiti campaign in Hanworth, west London.
24 July 2008 (external article)
courier independent Racist yobs attacking by-standers in Halifax town centre
Two yobs, who rampaged through Halifax town centre attacking by-standers and shouting racist abuse, have been jailed.
23 July 2008 (external article)
guardian Sex Pistol singer accused of racist attack
John Lydon has been accused of a racist attack on Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke, of Nigerian descend. One witness claimed that Lydon's entourage behave like 'a gang of racist thugs'.
23 July 2008 (external article)
ealing times Life for racist abuse murder
Daryl O'Connor, 20 , has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 13 years, for the murder of Asian man, Tarsen Nahar, who died after being punched and kicked in Hayes, west London.
17 July 2008 (external article)
south shields gazette Police caution for racist OAP
A 79-year-old woman has received a police caution for racially aggravated assault after she ripped the veil from a Muslim woman's head.
17 July 2008 (external article)
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