Bank worker 'traumatised' by ABH attack

A YOUNG Plymouth bank-worker was left traumatised after a customer viciously attacked her, a court heard.

Failed asylum-seeker Kaulded Djaatouti head-butted and kicked the woman – whom The Herald is not naming – leaving her bruised and bleeding on the floor of HSBC Bank in Old Town Street. But Plymouth Crown Court heard that the psychological effects on the woman were much worse than the physical ones.

From being a bright, confident, outgoing young woman who worked as a 'meet and greeter', she found herself unable to deal with customers and constantly in fear of attack; she had to be moved to an office job.

She suffered nightmares, needed counselling and was so afraid of being on her own that she moved back home with her parents.

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ASDA IN HALAL STORM

SUPERMARKET giant Asda has risked sparking a racial backlash in the place where the BNP won its first ever council, by closing its traditional fresh meat counter and replacing it with a halal only section.

The chain has decided to make the move at its large store on the Isle of Dogs, east London.

Within weeks, anyone wanting fresh pork chops or ham off the bone will have to go to the pre-packed meat section, with Muslim customers having a wider choice from the halal counter.

Asda insisted it was “responding to customer demand” and had done a deal with a local halal butcher to reflect the ethnic make up of the area’s population.

Yet figures show that while the borough of Tower Hamlets is almost half Muslim, the Isle of Dogs is about 80 per cent non-Bangladeshi.

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DRUGS FACTORY WOMAN 'WON'T DE DEPORTED'

Scottish Sunday Express | UK News :: Drugs factory woman 'won't de deported'
A PREGNANT illegal immigrant who ran a skunk cannabis factory in Britain looks set to avoid deportation.

Huong Vo, 24, would have been sent back to Vietnam after being convicted of farming the ultra-strong weed in a suburban street, a court heard.

But because she is seven months pregnant she would not be allowed to fly home and will now have her baby in Britain.

Guildford Crown Crown was told that the child’s birth would then entitle Vo to remain in Britain.

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Man wanted by police for attempted rape

A man sexually assaulted a woman and attempted to rape her in Rochdale.

The 23-year-old woman was at the Esplanade memorial gardens waiting for a lift when the offender attacked.

He approached the woman after walking down Yorkshire Street past the main shopping area and towards the Esplanade.

He spoke to her for a few minutes before taking her to the play area of the memorial gardens.

He then sexually assaulted her and attempted to rape her for around 20 minutes.

The man was Asian, between 23 and 25 years old, of medium build and around 5ft7ins - 5ft10ins tall. He had short black hair, dark eyebrows, dark eyes and a moustache. He was wearing a brown coat and dark trousers made from thick material. Detective Inspector Stephen Earnshaw said: "If you were in the memorial gardens around the time of the attack or you recognise the efit and have any information that could help, please contact the police on 0161 856 4646 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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Sex trafficking gang is jailed

Sex trafficking gang is jailed - News - Manchester Evening News
A GANG who trafficked a woman from Romania to work the streets of Manchester as a prostitute has been jailed.

The migrant workers lured their victim - a single mum in her twenties - to the UK after their building work dried up because of the credit crunch.

They promised the woman she could earn money as a dancer but forced her to have sex with up to ten men a night in Manchester's red light districts.

She finally escaped their clutches when she appealed to one of her 'punters' and he helped her flee to his house.

A court heard that Greater Manchester Police has dedicated twenty officers to tackling the problem of sex trafficking, which Judge Clement Goldstone QC described as a 'scourge' in this country as he sentenced the gang.

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FEAR THAT UK ISLAMIC SCHOOLS MAY GROOM CHILDREN FOR TERROR

Daily Express | UK News :: Fear that UK Islamic schools may groom children for terror

FEARS are emerging that vulnerable children might be groomed for religious extremism or even terrorism at taxpayers’ expense.

Muslim pupils are being taken out of classes and sent to study at Islamic schools, or madrassas.

A pilot scheme, the Open Madrasah Network, has received a £550,000 government grant to pay for under-achievers to attend lessons in Arabic, Urdu and religion.

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HUGE COST OF AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS QUANTIFIED

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An amnesty for illegal immigrants would be bound to encourage further illegal immigration, their present number has been seriously underestimated and the lifetime cost would be in the order of £130 billion even on that low estimate of numbers, says a report out today from think-tank Migrationwatch.

The report is in reply to a paper published by the London School of Economics on 16 June in response to a request from London's Mayor. Introducing the document, Boris Johnson claimed it proved that immigrants were "far from a financial burden". He added:

"This new Report has introduced some long overdue facts, hard evidence and academic rigour into a debate which has far too often been dominated by myth, anecdote and hearsay".

Clearly the Mayor had not read the Report which makes it clear that "It has to be emphasised that these are ball park estimates at best" (page 110) and that "many of the numbers that had been generated for this Report have required heroic assumptions" (page 113).

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