Mother asks magistrates: Why haven't the thugs who beat up my son been sent to jail?
August 18, 2009 by Luke Salkeld (hat tip to Political Correctness Watch)
(UK) A mother has written to magistrates in disgust after four teenagers who viciously attacked her son walked free from court.
Mary Jordan has demanded an explanation after the gang admitted to the unprovoked assault.
Oliver Jordan, 18, was taken to hospital after the group of 16-yearolds, who had been drinking, battered him to the ground, kicking and punching him as he fell.
Each of them was given a sixmonth referral order, which means they will have to appear before a youth offender panel which will suggest ways in which they can ‘repair the harm caused’.
Landmark ruling as internet race-hate fugitives locked up
July 10, 2009 by Olwen Dudgeon (hat tip to Political Correctness Watch)
(UK) TWO men have been jailed for publishing inflammatory race hate articles on the internet in a case that has been hailed as a landmark.
Simon Sheppard had argued that because his website used a server registered in the USA it was beyond the reach of English law but a judge disagreed and yesterday, after two trials, he finally sentenced Sheppard and Stephen Whittle, the author of five articles on the site.
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