بريطانيا: السجن 18 شهرًا للاعتداء الوحشي على سائق مسلم

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

قررت إحدى المحاكم البريطانية معاقبة "لي بريستون" بالسجن 18 شهرًا بعد قيامه بالاعتداء الوحشي على سائق سيارة أجرة مسلم في إبريل الماضي؛ مما أصابه بكدمات شديدة بالعين والوجه والكتف، بعد أن جذبه إلى خارج السيارة وطرحه أرضًا وقام بالاعتداء عليه.

وتعود ملابسات الحادث إلى ركوب المتهم وأربعة من أصدقائه حاملين زجاجات البيرة مما دفع السائق لمطالبتهم بالامتناع عن شربها بسيارته، إلا أنهم لم يستجيبوا وبدؤوا في ترديد عبارات مسيئة، وقاموا بالاعتداء عليه بعد نزولهم، إضافة إلى الاعتداء على زميل له توقف لمساعدته والاعتداء على سيارته، وقد أعترف المتهم بجريمته وتمت تبرئة ثلاثة آخرين. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

يرجى الإشارة إلى المصدر عند نقل الخبر – شبكة الألوكة.

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Jail for racist thug who shouted 'EDL' when he attacked a taxi driver

A RACIST thug who punched a taxi driver and dragged him along a street, has been jailed for 18 months.

Lee Preston, 22, targeted cabbie Mohammed Rashid, leaving him with two black eyes, a bruised face and grazes to his shoulders caused when he was dragged to the ground.

Mr John Hallisey, prosecuting, said the cabbie received a call at 9pm on April 16 to collect five men from Chaddesden.

He noticed they were carrying cans of lager and told them these could not be drunk in his vehicle.

But after a few minutes, the men started drinking.

"Mr Rashid told them to stop and the response was to start hurling abuse.

"The defendant was saying 'we are EDL,' referring to the English Defence League," said Mr Hallisey.

Preston, of Walbrook Road, Derby, began to throw beer cans out of the taxi until Mr Rashid closed the windows – a move which angered the passengers.

Mr Rashid stopped his cab and told the five to leave.

One said: "Get out and we'll sort you out."

When they eventually left, they failed to close the rear doors but Mr Rashid waited until he thought they had walked away before getting out of the cab..

But he was then grabbed and prevented from getting back into the vehicle before being attacked.

During this, he heard chants of "EDL" and one man said: "I'm going to kill you."

When a second taxi driver stopped to help, he was also assaulted and had his vehicle kicked.

Police were called and Preston was found hiding under a bush.

He admitted affray and racially aggravated assault causing actual bodily harm.

Judge Granville Styler told Preston: "In drink you are a complete lout. This will tarnish your whole career if you are not very careful. This was a disgraceful episode as you no doubt now realise."

Clive Stockwell, mitigating, told the court: "His record is of a nuisance drunk. I have read a statement from his father who is clearly of the view that his son had a difficulty with drink and he then behaves in a most disgraceful way."

Mr Stockwell said Preston had gained some educational qualifications while in custody. When he is freed, his father plans to find him work on market stalls."

The judge told Preston: "It may well be you find on the market stall most of your customers will be Pakistani people so you will have to change your attitude pretty quickly."

Three other men have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the night and are awaiting trial. A fifth man has pleaded guilty.