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!NDY *ONES -ARCUS *ONES 3EVEN LOCAL MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THE RACIALLY MOTI VATED ATTACKS ON STUDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR CAMPUS AT THE END OF THE AUTUMN TERM 4HE SEVEN MEN ARE AGED BE TWEEN SEVENTEEN AND TWENTY ONE AND ARE MOSTLY FROM THE .OR WICH AREA 4HEY WERE ALL RELEASED ON BAIL AND WERE DUE BACK IN COURT YESTERDAY AT AM ; TH !PRIL= #ONCRETE WENT TO PRESS ON -ONDAY MORNING SO HAD NO UPDATE ON THE COURT PROCEED INGS 4HE MEN WERE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH FOUR ATTACKS BE TWEEN /CTOBER TH AND $ECEM BER TH 4HE TOTAL OF CHARGES RANGE IN SEVERITY AND IN CLUDE RACIALLY AGGRAVATED THREAT
ENING BEHAVIOUR ACTUAL BODILY HARM AND VIOLENT DISORDER 4HE FIRST ATTACK TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE 0ASTON (OUSE AT AROUND PM WITH TWO BLACK MEN THREATENED AND ASSAULTED WITH METAL POLES /N .OVEMBER TH NEAR THE 3PORTSPARK TWO YOUNG !SIAN MALES WERE ATTACKED 4WO INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE ON $ECEM BER TH DURING THE FIRST ONE A YOUNG MAN WAS ASSAULTED IN $E (AGUE 2OAD AND DURING THE SEC OND INCIDENT A YOUNG !SIAN MAN WAS STABBED IN "LUEBELL 2OAD AS HE AND TWO OTHERS WALKED HOME FROM A FRIENDS HOUSE 4HE IN DIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED A STAB WOUND REQUIRED HOSPITALISATION THOUGH FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO SERIOUS DAMAGE 4HE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS WERE ALL FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES AND AT LEAST THREE OF THE ATTACKS
WERE BELIEVED TO BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED !LL SEVEN MEN WERE CHARGED WITH OFFENCES THAT WERE RACIALLY AGGRAVATED 4HE CHARGES COME AFTER .OR FOLK POLICE SET UP A SPECIAL (ATE CRIME TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE THE SERIES OF ATTACKS THAT WERE DIRECTED AT FOREIGN STUDENTS AT TENDING 5%! (ATE #RIME )NVES TIGATOR $ETECTIVE #ONSTABLE $AN #OCKS SAID h7E WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION v !NNIE /GDEN THE 5NIVERSI TYgS (EAD OF #OMMUNICATIONS TOLD #ONCRETE )T WOULD BE IN APPOPRIATE TO COMMENT IN DE TAIL ON THIS CASE BEFORE IT COMES TO COURT 7E ARE PLEASED HOW EVER THAT THE POLICE HAVE COM MITTED CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES
TO THIS INVESTIGATION AND HOPE THAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS CASE WILL SEND OUT A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED ON OR OFF THE CAMPUS 4HE AREAS AROUND THE 5NI VERSITY CAMPUS INCLUDING THE BIKE PATH BY THE SIDE OF THE 3PORTSPARK 4HE !VENUES AND "LUEBELL 2OAD HAVE OFTEN BEEN THE SCENE OF ATTACKS ON STUDENTS AND 2UTH 3TONE 5NION 7ELFARE /FFICER WAS PLEASED TO HEAR OF THE ARRESTS )T IS VERY ENCOURAG ING TO SEE THE POLICE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CATCHING THE PEO PLE WHO CAUSED THESE ATTACKS (OPEFULLY STUDENTS WILL NOW FEEL SAFER AND MORE SECURE WALK ING THROUGH THESE POPULAR AREAS ON THE APPROACH TO CAMPUS AND IT IS PLEASING TO SEE THE POLICE ARE DOING THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY
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