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UK: Drunk's racist rage with baseball bat
8.2.2008
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February
8, 2008
Halifax, UK, -- A Drunk who screamed racial
abuse while he beat a man to the ground with a
baseball bat has been jailed.
Mohammed Kareem, 29, attacked the man in front of
his wife and 12-year-old sister, and caused hundreds
of pounds of damage to cars on Queen's Road,
Halifax.
Bradford Crown Court heard Kareem, an Iraqi Kurd,
drunkenly screamed racist abuse about Pakistanis and
Muslims during the attack.
Gavin Howie, prosecuting, said: "Kareem was standing
drunk in the middle of the road when Mr Nazir, who
was driving with his wife and 12-year-old sister,
beeped his horn at him. |
Foul abuse- Mohammed Kareem, jailed for 12 months |
"Kareem took the baseball bat from out of his sleeve
and hit Mr Nazir's blue Mondeo with it. When he got
out of the car, he was hit in the arms, ribs and
stomach. He fell to the floor and was kicked a
number of times.
"Kareem turned to another driver, saying 'all
Pakistanis are the same' and 'I will kill them all,'
before punching his car repeatedly."
Kareem, of Roger Lane, Huddersfield, caused L500
damage to the cars and left Mr Nazir bloodied from
the attack just after noon on July 5 last year.
He pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon
and racially aggravated assault.
Giles Bridge, for Kareem, said: "His partner
recently had a miscarriage which caused them great
distress.
"Drink is an issue he is trying to address."
Judge Christopher Prince,www.ekurd.net
who jailed Kareem for 12
months and made an application to deport him, said:
"There is absolutely no place in our society for the
foul abuse that you came out with."
halifaxcourier co.uk
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