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11-03-2007, 05:09 AM
Thug who ripped off Muslim's veil spared jail
Nov 2 2007
By Daily Post
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2007/11/02/thug-who-ripped-off-muslim-s-veil-spared-jail-55578-20051330/
A YOUNG North Wales thug who yanked off a Muslim woman's veil was
today spared jail after he made a public apology in court.
Damien French, 21, said sorry for humiliating the woman and also
apologised for hurling a live rabbit to an alligator in the Colwyn
Bay Welsh Mountain Zoo.
French, of Brighton Road in Rhyl, admitted charges of racially
aggravated common assault and a racially aggravated public order
offence when he appeared before Mold Crown Court this morning.
The judge, Mr Recorder Robert Trevor-Jones, said that French's
behaviour in grabbing the hijab had been "deplorable, despicable and
quite disgraceful".
French was given an 18-week prison sentence suspended for two years.
He must live at The Plas y Wern Hostel in Ruabon for the next six
months as part of his rehabilitation.
Mold Crown Court heard how victim Shahenna Hussain, 23, was walking
with her sister and two nieces, pushing push chairs along the street
at the junction of High Street and Wellington Road one afternoon in
April.
French was seen by a witness in a nearby shop to be initially hurling
foul racial abuse at a coach which appeared full of Asian passengers.
Miss Hussain saw the defendant and his group, realised what was
happening, put her head down to avoid eye contact and continued on
her way.
The defendant and his group noticed her and her sister as she crossed
the road and he shouted and swore in racial terms towards her.
Prosecutor Gareth Parry said: "She suddenly felt a violent grip to
the top of her head, connecting with her hijab, which was fixed with
two pins. But pins were forced open."
She was "extremely upset and angry" and felt violated, explained Mr
Parry.
The court heard that among his previous convictions was one in April
2006 for animal cruelty when he hurled a rabbit at the zoo which was
eaten by an alligator.
Nov 2 2007
By Daily Post
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2007/11/02/thug-who-ripped-off-muslim-s-veil-spared-jail-55578-20051330/
A YOUNG North Wales thug who yanked off a Muslim woman's veil was
today spared jail after he made a public apology in court.
Damien French, 21, said sorry for humiliating the woman and also
apologised for hurling a live rabbit to an alligator in the Colwyn
Bay Welsh Mountain Zoo.
French, of Brighton Road in Rhyl, admitted charges of racially
aggravated common assault and a racially aggravated public order
offence when he appeared before Mold Crown Court this morning.
The judge, Mr Recorder Robert Trevor-Jones, said that French's
behaviour in grabbing the hijab had been "deplorable, despicable and
quite disgraceful".
French was given an 18-week prison sentence suspended for two years.
He must live at The Plas y Wern Hostel in Ruabon for the next six
months as part of his rehabilitation.
Mold Crown Court heard how victim Shahenna Hussain, 23, was walking
with her sister and two nieces, pushing push chairs along the street
at the junction of High Street and Wellington Road one afternoon in
April.
French was seen by a witness in a nearby shop to be initially hurling
foul racial abuse at a coach which appeared full of Asian passengers.
Miss Hussain saw the defendant and his group, realised what was
happening, put her head down to avoid eye contact and continued on
her way.
The defendant and his group noticed her and her sister as she crossed
the road and he shouted and swore in racial terms towards her.
Prosecutor Gareth Parry said: "She suddenly felt a violent grip to
the top of her head, connecting with her hijab, which was fixed with
two pins. But pins were forced open."
She was "extremely upset and angry" and felt violated, explained Mr
Parry.
The court heard that among his previous convictions was one in April
2006 for animal cruelty when he hurled a rabbit at the zoo which was
eaten by an alligator.