The court heard that Taj, of Hyrst Garth, Batley, and Hussain, of Dark Lane, Batley, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent after their case was listed for trial in December last year.
Prosecutor Adam Walker said the victim and his friend were walking the dogs when one of the animals sniffed at another man. He subjected the pair to racist abuse before summoning the occupants of the Audi. The car followed the dog walkers and four young men got out. Hussain was the driver and others were armed with metal bars and lump hammers, the court heard.
So it was a targeted attack. Shouldn't that carry a heavy penalty? Heavier than 6 years? Maybe the mitigation was amazing?
Simon Hustler (Ed: Ooh, nominative determinism!), solicitor advocate for both defendants, conceded that it was a joint enterprise attack but that they were ‘at the back of the charge.’
So they were slower than the others. So what?
Hussain said he made a terrible decision to get involved while Taj described the incident as ‘incredibly stupid.’ Mr Hustler said the men were not racists and neither had been assessed by the probation service as being at a high level of reoffending.
What a shocker! Who on earth ever gets labelled as 'high risk of offending' by those clowns?
The recorder conceded that the defendants now accepted their actions were stupid and had expressed remorse. He ordered forfeiture of Hussain’s Audi and the forfeiture and destruction of the weapons used in the attack.
And the racial abuse? They get off scot free for that?
H/T: HarleyTory via Twitter
Who did the racist remarks?
ReplyDeleteMuslims don't have pets, especially dogs. A Muslim acquaintance of mine visited my house some years ago, and touched our cat. He said that it was the first time in his life that he'd actually touched a cat (over 30 years).They view dogs as even worse, that's why they use 'dog' as an insult. Still no excuse, just an explanation of why they acted like they did. In my view, they should be deported back to the shithole they came from, along with all their families. (oops, that would be the shithole called Batley, now, wouldn't it?)
Funny that they don't like pigs, either, despite looking like them.
"A Muslim acquaintance of mine visited my house some years ago, and touched our cat. He said that it was the first time in his life that he'd actually touched a cat (over 30 years)."
ReplyDeleteThat's rather odd. Didn't their prophet revere cats?