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30th November 2007, 16:08 | #1 |
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Jail If You Call a Welsh Person English
Racial slur as man calls Welsh woman "English"
<CITE class=auth>Reuters - Friday, November 30 10:08 am</CITE> LONDON (Reuters) - LONDON (Reuters) - A man has been convicted of racially aggravated harassment after calling a Welsh woman English. <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT> <!--3pacID:18488--><SCRIPT language=javascript>if(window.yzq_d==null)window.y zq_d=new Object();window.yzq_d['1kvEMdmSs_A-']='&U=13ka5ervu%2fN%3d1kvEMdmSs_A-%2fC%3d200096948.201484780.202749452.200493719%2fD %3dLREC%2fB%3d200677039';</SCRIPT><NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT>Michael Forsythe was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, after being found guilty of racially aggravated disorderly behaviour, a court official said. Forsythe received the sentence at Welshpool Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was also ordered to pay 200 pounds in prosecution costs. The former lorry driver, who is originally from Northern Ireland, but lives in Powys, Mid Wales, called Lorna Steele an "English bitch" during an argument after he collided with her parked vehicle in the Welsh market town of Newport in February. Forsythe has attacked the prosecution as a waste of time and money, according to the Daily Mail newspaper. "I find it unbelievable that I've been prosecuted for this," he said. "I've travelled all over Europe as a lorry driver and never had any problems with anybody and now they're officially calling me a racist. "It's political correctness gone mad." YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WARNED |
30th November 2007, 16:52 | #2 |
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Did'nt say that he could not call her a bitch
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30th November 2007, 17:33 | #3 |
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Obviosly harder to prove she wasn't a bitch than she wasn't english
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30th November 2007, 17:36 | #4 |
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In England it's spelt "gaol".
It's understandable as you are closer to the good old us of a . .. |
30th November 2007, 18:04 | #5 |
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bout time , why should all the other ethnic minorities get away with it
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30th November 2007, 22:05 | #6 |
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So, the next time someone calls me a 'Kraut'................
(for the record - I come from a German Family)
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