Horribly injured for daring to teach Muslim girls other religions.

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/65q8csf

/// Detectives made secret recordings of the gang's plot to attack Mr Smith prior to the brutal assault. ///

Then why wasn't these cowardly savages then arrested before they could inflict those horrible injuries on the teacher?

This brutal crime was 'religiously and racially motivated', so why wasn't these serious charges also added to their charge of being 'guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent', or once again do not these charges apply to members of certain communities?


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[Haggisdj]

I was led to believe that people are sentenced on the severity of their crime, then if the crime was proven to be racially motivated then the sentence is doubled?

[Brenden]

Don't hold you breath.

[The-HouseHusband]

No doubt they will be let off with a slap on the wrist

[sandyRoe]

If the police were aware that there was a conspiracy afoot to harm Mr Smith why didn't they warn him?

[The-HouseHusband]

Why didn't they have a plain clothes team keeping an eye on him if they had so much info already??

Or would this have been racial harassment when they did arrest the conspirators?

[McMouse]

Terrible that such a thing would take place in UK, but regrettably this is common place in Muslim countries and would provoke very little comment.

[Oneeyedvic]

///This brutal crime was 'religiously and racially motivated'///

from the article: ///Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse told the court: 'The evidence from what was said on the probe points overwhelmingly to a religious motive for this attack///

Where did race come into it?
http://www.direct.gov...esOfCrime/DG_10027669

They also pleaded guilty - often people plead guilty to a lesser charge - this saves the tax payer money and the victim the associated problems of going to court. It also saves the embarrassing situation of them getting off on a technicality.

No idea why the police didn't arrest them earlier though

[anotheoldgit]

oneeyedvic

/// Where did race come into it? ///

/// Race crime doesn't just mean when someone becomes a victim because of the colour of their skin. It also includes nationality, culture and language.///

The question must be asked, would they have inflicted such injuries on one of their own?

[sandyRoe]

'They' sometimes kill their daughters for daring to dishonour the family. So, yes, they probably would.

[sp1814]

AOG

Are you suggesting that race is factored out of sentencing when the accused is a member of the ethnic community?

Careful with your answer here, because you know I've stash a whole load of links to prove that not to be the case.

[sp1814]

Incidentally, whether they plead guilty or not, the religious element should STILL be factored into the sentencing, as it would with any other hate crime.

But before we get too carried away - can someone explain why on Earth teaching this girl about other religions was such a 'thing'. Hundreds of thousands of Muslim girls up and down the country get the same education without so much of a murmur from the Muslim community.

[Answerprancer]

AFAIC - serious assault is serious assault and sentencing should be appropriate.
IMO sentencing should be doubled where an assault was unprovoked (like this one).
This country's legal system is far too lenient on violent crime and is far too focussed on money/property related crime IMO.
I couldn't give a rats @rse that these guys were Muslims, a violent c*** is a violent c*** regardless of their racial/cultural background.

[sp1814]

The more you think about it, the more disgusting this story becomes and the more it makes you support the idea of 'hate crimes'.

This crime has nothing to do with 'heat of the moment revenge', or 'gang rivalry' or even 'drunken lads giving each other a kicking'. It was a premeditated attack based solely on religious hatred.

Therefore, the guilty pleas should count for very little. The cowards planned it and have left this teacher scarred for life.

This is exactly the same kind of hate crime that gets gay men beaten to death and should be treated accordingly (although THEY only got a couple of years apiece bizarrely).

[Zeuhl]

If this crime is as presented in the media it should be judged not simply as an assault on a person but as an assault on the fundamental values of our society i.e.

that a teacher can teach the approved syllabus without fear or favour
that the syllabus is approved by the proper authorities not by random relatives
that disliking someone else's ideas is not a justification for violence

Animal Rights activists have the book thrown at them
Perjurers have the book thrown at them

So should these guys.
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[rov1100]

///Horribly injured for daring to teach Muslim girls other religions///

I wonder how they are going to react now that adoption agencies will have to put up Muslim children with Christian parents?

[sandyRoe]

Or Christian children with Muslim families?