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Ex-Eastenders star Katie Jarvis is charged with assault and racially aggravated harassment after drunken pub fight in Southend The actress, 29, has been charged with assault and racially aggravated harassment and her court date has been set for April 15 Katie was claimed to have been involved in a brawl last year in Southend-on-Sea The former … Read more
Petra Ecclestone’s ex James Stunt, 38, denies racially abusing a police officer near his £3.9million Knightsbridge home Gold bullion dealer accused of threatening Richard Harper at London mansion On Tuesday he did not appear in court and a warrant for his arrest was issued But the following day he showed up and entered not guilty … Read more
Met police will have to justify using HANDCUFFS after Team GB athlete Bianca Williams accused the force of ‘racially profiling’ her during a stop last summer Team GB’s Bianca Williams accused the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling She was stopped with her partner while driving through Maida Vale in July Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick apologised … Read more
A black fashion designer was a victim of race discrimination, a judge has ruled, after bosses forced him to visit clothes shops on undercover research trips where he feared he would be suspected of being a shoplifter. Trevor Sylvester said because he is 6ft 3ins and black ‘people view him suspiciously’ and he is often … Read more
Racially motivated hate crimes rise by six per cent compared with last year amid coronavirus lockdown and Black Lives Matter tensions to 76,000 Race hate crimes accounted for 72 per cent of hate offences in 2019 to 2020 Hate crime motivated by sexual orientation rose by 19 per cent in 2019 to 2020 Transgender hate … Read more
Five Met Police officers are being investigated by the force’s watchdog over the ‘racially profiled,’ stop and search of Team GB athlete Bianca Williams. Sprinter Bianca Williams, 26, and her husband Ricardo dos Santos, 25, were hauled from their Mercedes and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son in Lanhill Road, Maida Vale, in July. … Read more
A Versace executive has claimed he was racially profiled by police who stopped and searched him for jaywalking in Beverly Hills. Salehe Bembury, Vice president of sneakers and men’s footwear, was stopped by police in the city’s luxury shopping district last week. Police bodycam footage shows officers stop Bembury after he left a Versace store before … Read more
A British Army soldier in the Coldstream Guards has been found guilty of racially abusing a colleague after he expressed his happiness that Muslims had been ‘butchered’ just 10 days after the New Zealand mosque attack. Lance Sergeant Derek McHugh was working in the guard room at a barracks in Windsor when he pretended to … Read more
Two thugs beat a husband to death in front of his wife after he intervened when they racially abused her, a court has heard. Amaan Momand, 23, died from serious head injuries in September last year, three days after he was attacked in the Maypole area of Birmingham. His wife, Halima Hussain, told police the … Read more
Nadiya Hussain has spoken of the horrific racism she faced when she used an apple in a Cornish pasty recipe. The former Bake Off winner, 35, revealed that she has experienced more racism in the last five years than in her entire life. She explained that she was ‘really affected’ by the online hate she … Read more