Luciana Berger MP abuse: Philip Hayes fined for anti-Semitic remarks – BBC News
“A Merseyside music promoter who admitted making anti-Semitic remarks to a Jewish MP has been fined £120.”
BBC News, 9th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: racism
Man spared jail after punching son’s headmistress – Daily Telegraph
“A father who punched a primary school headmistress when she suspended his son
for swearing and racially abusing another pupil was spared jail yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man cleared of racial abuse after using nigger ‘as term of endearment’ – The Guardian
“A court has cleared a man who shouted the word ‘nigger’ at a black man of racial abuse, after he claimed he was a rap music fan who used the term as an endearment.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Met policemen cleared of making racist comments – BBC News
“Two Metropolitan Police officers have been cleared of making racially offensive comments.”
BBC News, 29th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom to investigate potential racial stereotyping in Big Fat Gypsy Weddings – The Guardian
“Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings unfairly racially stereotyped the UK’s Gypsy and Traveller communities.”
The Guardian, 15th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Frankie Boyle, free speech and legal jokes – The Guardian
“When speech offends, insults and disparages should we resort to legal action?”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Frankie Boyle wins more than £50,000 libel damages from Daily Mirror – The Guardian
“The comedian Frankie Boyle has been awarded £54,650 in damages after a high court jury found that he had been libelled by the Daily Mirror.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CPS invites sport bodies to roundtables on social media cases – Crown Prosecution Service
“The CPS has extended its series of roundtables on prosecuting cases involving social media to include one in November with representatives invited from the FA, the England and Wales Cricket Board, the British Olympic Association and the Rugby Football Union.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th October 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
PC Alex MacFarlane: No verdict in race abuse trial – BBC News
“A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a policeman accused of racially abusing a suspect days after the riots in London last year.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Frankie Boyle sues Mirror over ‘racism’ claim – BBC News
“Comedian Frankie Boyle is suing the Mirror newspaper for libel, over an article which labelled him racist.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
John Terry defence ‘improbable, implausible and contrived’ – BBC News
“John Terry’s defence against claims he racially abused Anton Ferdinand was ‘improbable, implausible, contrived’, according to the Football Association panel which found him guilty.”
BBC New, 5th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The FA finding John Terry guilty resolves nothing – The Guardian
“The case leaves observers believing either an innocent man is being unfairly punished or a guilty man has escaped justice.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pig’s head at Cheltenham mosque: Simon Parkes jailed – BBC News
“A former soldier who tied a pig’s head to the gates of a Cheltenham mosque has been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 30th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Swansea couple jailed for racist attack on daughter, 17 – BBC News
“The parents of a 17-year-old girl, jailed for attacking her because she was going out with a black man, have been called ‘disgraceful’ by a judge.”
BBC News, 6th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Olympics fast-track court at Stratford magistrates – The Guardian
“Duncan Campbell reports from the east London court for the first conviction of a racially aggravated offence at the Games.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man who gave Nazi salute at a basketball match fined £2,500 – The Guardian
“A Lithuanian man who gave a Nazi salute during an Olympic basketball match has become the first person to be convicted of a racially aggravated offence at the Games and fined £2,500. He was told that his behaviour and that of other Lithuanian fans was ‘despicable’.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
John Terry racism trial: the difficulties of prosecuting someone who uses abusive language – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“John Terry has been acquitted of racially aggravated causing harassment, alarm or distress under s 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 and s 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 31st July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Two Met police officers face racism trial – The Guardian
“Two Metropolitan police officers are to stand trial accused of making racist remarks to their colleagues, prosecutors have announced.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
John Terry found not guilty of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand – The Guardian
“The former England captain John Terry has been cleared of racially abusing fellow footballer Anton Ferdinand in a no-blame verdict that ruled the incident could have been down to a misunderstanding.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
