Six Months Imprisonment For Hitting Someone With A Pack Of Bacon, Is That Too Harsh?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4653826/Racist-thug-hit-Muslim-teen-packet-bacon.html

While physical attacks of any sort should be condemned and punished, did this thug deserve imprisonment?

Interesting to note that it is reported that he was jailed for racially aggravated assault and then later the police vowed to crack down on race hate attacks.

Muslims are not a race.

[Islay]

well according to the headlines ''Thug who rammed packet of BACON into Muslim teen's face as he shouted that she was 'Isil scum'
It certainly appears to be racially motivated, I mean would the thug go up to a white person and ram bacon into their face and use the same wording?
Is 6 months too much - no!

[sandyRoe]

Six months imprisonment for an unprovoked attack on a young woman doesn't see quite long enough.
Filming the incident, probably with a view to show it on 'social media', added insult to injury.

[ummmm]

You had to told numerous times, AOG, that Islam isn't a race, and now you're dragging it into your arguments at every opportunity! You know the meaning so you're just being petty.

He deserved it. Not only was it assault it was the ultimate insult to his religion.

[dannyk13]

Got exactly what he deserved.It was racial.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/racial?s=t
Adjective2.

[ummmm]

*her

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

/// I mean would the thug go up to a white person and ram bacon into their face and use the same wording? ///

Who's to know perhaps they might ram something even harder than a pack of bacon in their faces if they suspected that they may side with Isis, no matter what colour their skin, especially if they were walking about in Islamic dress.

[Berniecuddles2]

What a waste of bacon!

[aelmpvw]

i don't think it was a coincidence that the coward picked on a woman, six months isn't enough for a premeditated attack

[fender62]

i see this as bloke attacks woman whether it was with a chicken or bacon rashers, men should not attack women either verbally or physically, as for the prison sentence yea it's a good thing, teach him a lesson, perhaps someone inside will get verbal with him and then he will see what it's like...scared

[Gromit]

Seems about right.

Premeditated, and unprovocated attack.

It was thuggery without the racist element, and society should not tolerate it.

Those who say it is harsh would be the first to rant about out of touch Judges, if it was their wife/partner/child, who had been attacked.

[Mamyalynne]

What a brave man eh? Attacking a teenage girl - despicable behaviour, as is anyone making out it is ok.

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

/// You had to told numerous times, AOG, that Islam isn't a race, ///

I have not been told numerous times that Islam isn't a race, but others have especially when they have been called racist every time they dare to criticise Muslims.

So please get your facts right, before you fall of that fence which you constantly sit on, so as to take regular snipes at my posts.

[anotheoldgit]

dannyk13

How many more times, Islam is not a race it is a religion, followed by some of all races.

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

No one is condoning this despicable attack, least of all me.

[dannyk13]

I did not say that Islam is a race. said that the attack was racial.If you have any doubts please check my link at 11.45.

[sp1814]

Is six months prison too harsh for a P̶a̶t̶h̶e̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶c̶o̶w̶a̶r̶d̶ grown man who physically assaults a teenage girl in public?

Nah - seems perfectly reasonable.

Judges are frequently admonished for handing out slaps on the wrist. Nice to see the occasional tough sentence.

[agchristie]

The question was: 'Does he deserve imprisonment'?

The fact is that many crimes would merit imprisonment. However, the prison capacity is bulging. Is this not an example of a case where a short, sharp, shock can be applied without the need to swell the numbers further?

[Mamyalynne]

My reply covered anyone who has or will - and trust me there are some.

[Islay]

//Who's to know perhaps they might ram something even harder than a pack of bacon in their faces if they suspected that they may side with Isis, no matter what colour their skin, especially if they were walking about in Islamic dress. //
Are you saying then that they were justified in attacking this young girl because of what she was wearing?

[jno]

unprovoked attack, hitting a teenage girl in the face? Sounds about right; I wouldn't have objected if it had been longer. Filming it is nasty, but it doesn't say the result was put on YouTube or anything so I wonder what the purpose of that was.