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Former EDL member Peter Finch jailed for stamping on ex and for text rant over Muslim lover
A DRUNK dad beat and stamped on his ex-partner 'like an animal' and sent threatening, Islamophobic messages after she took a Muslim lover.
Peter Finch was jailed for 12 months at Worcester Crown Court after he beat his ex in a drunken rage which left her with a suspected broken rib.
He denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm against girlfriend Rebecca Harding at her home in Worcester but was found guilty at trial.
The 31-year-old, who said he was a former member of the English Defence League, previously admitted criminal damage to a door and malicious communication which was deemed racially or religiously aggravated between July and October last year.
Finch of Patterdale Drive, Warndon, Worcester, carried out the assault in May last year after Miss Harding, his partner of five years, returned home from work at about 6pm.
Mark Phillips, prosecuting, said: "The relationship was characterised by this defendant becoming aggressive when in drink.
"It was clear he had been out at the pub during the afternoon and was suffering from the effects of drinking too much.
"He accused her of having an affair when she told him she had other plans for the evening other than going out with him."
The attack happened in a bedroom where she had gone to get changed.
"She described the defendant flying in and punching her in the face.
"The blow with his right hand struck her right cheek. She saw it instantly swelling up. He pushed her to the floor where he held her by the throat.
"She told him she was unable to breathe but still he would not let her go."
He was described as kneeling on her while he punched her repeatedly in the body.
Mr Phillips said: "Whilst doing so he said 'this is what I would have done to him', presumably referring to the man he believed she was having the affair with.
"He stood up. She was curled up in a defensive position, into a ball. She was on her side, exposing her right flank. He then stamped on her ribs.
"She cried out in pain. It was only at that point the defendant seemed to have any sort of remorse about what he had done, saying he was sorry.
"She describes him as behaving like an animal. She had never seen him like that before."
Miss Harding suffered bruising and a suspected broken rib during the attack. She went to see her doctor and had her medication for depression 'doubled', Mr Phillips said.
When Finch learned Miss Harding had travelled to Marrakech and had a new Moroccan boyfriend he sent her a number of abusive texts and WhatsApp messages.
Mr Phillips said: "There was reference to enjoying her time in a burka, clear reference to her being with a Muslim man.
"He refers to himself hating Muslims with a passion and said 'you were happy to marry a man who hates Muslims with a passion and would wipe them off the planet'. He says he hopes she gets killed."
In interview he told police: "I was part of the English Defence League."
Finch represented himself because he was not eligible for legal aid and could not afford to pay anyone to represent him.
He said his ex had sent him messages about sexual activity between her and her new partner. He said: "It was more than disheartening – it was soul-breaking when she sent that to me."
He added: "I have not been part of the English Defence League for three years. Now my views are completely changed."
Judge Nicholas Cole said the assault was aggravated because it took place in front of a child. Although the physical injuries were limited to bruising and a suspected broken rib, the emotional impact had been 'severe'.
He said of the threatening messages that he was satisfied that they were partly motivated by hostility towards Muslims.
He sentenced him to 12 months in custody for the ABH, four weeks for the criminal damage and three months for the malicious communicated with an extra month added because it was religiously/racially aggravated (four months in total). These sentences will be served concurrently to the 12 months, making a total sentence of 12 months.
No separate penalty was imposed for breach of a conditional discharge.
An indefinite restraining order was granted prohibiting him from having contact with Rebecca Harding.
Source: Worcester Evening News
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Arrest made after alleged 'racist' attack in Cheltenham
Police have made an arrest after it was alleged a man was racially abused and then assaulted in Cheltenham.
A 22-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and assault.
He has been bailed to return to the police station on November 7.
Officers investigating are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
A spokeswoman said: "At around 2.45pm yesterday, officers were called to the High Street, outside Poundland, to reports that a man had shouted a racist insult at a 34-year-old local man before throwing an open can of drink at him and assaulting him.
"The victim was not seriously injured.
"Officers are urging anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them by calling Gloucestershire Police on 101, quoting incident number 237 of September 24."
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EDL – Attack Dogs of the State and Enemies of the Working Class
Origins of the EDL
The English defence league was formed in 2009 to counter a tiny ultra-islamist group 'Al-Muhajiroun' who protested the return of British soldiers from Afghanistan.
The flashpoint came when Al-Muhajiroun burnt a poppy at a demonstration which fed the flames of hatred and caused the far right to react. It was also the perfect excuse for the far right to point the finger at all muslims from that moment on although concealed for a time under the guise of only being against 'muslim extremism'.
Research suggests that many involved in the EDL originate from the criminal fraternity and the criminal fraternity is in turn attracted to the EDL. The so-called Luton based 'leader' of the EDL 'Stephen Yaxley-Lennon', an individual who uses multiple aliases, has convictions for drug dealing, fraud, breaching bail conditions and violence.
Amongst supporters it is common to find rather a lot of paedophiles, rapists, hardcore racists, nazis, violent thugs, petty criminals and even the odd murderer, most having their convictions documented in local newspapers and by anti-fascist organisations, others still at large hiding en masse within the ranks of the EDL. Since this article was written the number of EDL related convictions continues to rise.
In the first years from 2009 the EDL concentrated mainly on demonstrating against muslim extremist groups, then slowly moved their sights towards immigrants before finally focusing on left wing groups and basically anyone else that opposes them, because of these revalations, the EDL has been termed a fascist organisation.
On the racism front alone the EDL have built up the confidence to shout "send the black cunts home" over megaphones in city centres.
EDL and Austerity
The English Defence League are playing a significant part in diverting attention away from the banking collapse caused by bankers greed .. the failing capitalist system .. and of course the much despised and hated right wing Conservative party who elected themselves into office back in 2010. The Tories being the party that have implemented brutal austerity measures against the working class and under privileged as way of making us pay for the greed of the rich who caused the banking collapse in the first place.
The EDL's main objective has been to demonise immigrants/ muslims and lay the financial blame solely at their door thus diverting attention away from the crimes of the bankers, the rich and the stranglehold austerity measures that they have imposed as a consequence.
Back in Thatcher's day it was the National Front who thrived on the right wing rhetoric of the Tory party, now in Cameron's day it is the EDL thriving on the same rhetoric.
Cameron stating that 'there is none sicker than the EDL' was a two-bit sound byte that meant nothing. Cameron hates the left and the working class making the EDL very useful because the EDL rail against working class people who fight for their rights and try to intimidate workers into silence on street level.
It's business as usual on the streets for the EDL and business as usual for the Tory party as the left and anyone else who opposes fascism is submerged into constant battle with the EDL. It seems that more effort and energy is put into fighting off the EDL than people can muster to fight austerity.
Already the EDL have cost the taxpayer over £10,000,000 towards policing a mob of drunken, coked up criminals on the streets of England every month or so since 2009. So much for the EDL stating that they are a 'working class organisation'. They are literally pissing public money down the drain whilst intimidating entire communities whenever it suits them.
The English Defence League and its many offshoots who intimidate the working class on the streets would rather us wave little union jacks whenever a tory mp is in town, a royal gets pregnant or a soldier gets a badge rather than criticize their masters, the ruling class.
Basically the far right EDL want the working class to 'shut their mouths' whilst the Conservative party would rather kill the working class off slowly and "legally" through stranglehold austerity measures that leave little option to some of our class.
A cunning plan indeed, a plan that is working out pretty nicely for the ruling class except for those 'lefties' and other critics that constantly attack and confront the ruling class and the subservient nationalist groups that serve them.
EDL achievements
The major achievement of the EDL has been to draw every decent person opposed to racism, fascism and hatred into the lenses and notebooks of the police evidence gatherers to be rubber stamped and documented, at the request of the ruling class, no doubt.
Whether these opponents were politically active beforehand or not is irrelevant, they are now on file in their thousands. In this respect there is no question that the the EDL work hand-in-hand with the police and the state.
Violent nationalist EDL thugs 'casuals united' supplied us with what was required in or hour of need, aiding us in finishing this article…
10.09.13 #EDL Hashtag
The EDL's Prison wing/ lynchmob mentality
The EDL being structured like a gang, employ bullying tactics that can be found on any prison wing in any prison. Any person that happens to disagree with the EDL is commonly labelled a 'paedophile' in public and online and as soon as the finger is pointed at certain individuals, or groups, the rest of the gang go in for the kill, trying to garner public support whilst they are at it.
This behaviour happens on a daily basis with the EDL, and of course this behaviour is rife in prisons. If this doesn't work they will say that those that oppose them are 'anti-British' or 'supporters of militant Islam' as a final last gasp or continue to circulate unfounded rumours plucked out of thin air to keep the pressure on their opponents.
The EDL as 'scabs'
On a number of occasions the EDL have tried to publicly disrupt anti-cuts events, usually unsuccessfully but still with determination. Members of the public attending these events have been accused of being 'paedophiles' for no other reason than fighting the measures imposed on the working classes by the government and the rich.
As in prison, labeling an innocent person a 'paedophile' would put them in fear for their life, the EDL are using this same tactic out on the street.
We can now see where the EDL are coming from.
As well as attempting to disrupt anti-cuts protests they have also been active in trying to disrupt anti-racist concerts and all kinds of meetings held by the left, on quite a few occasions resorting to violence when the insults and false accusations fail to have the desired effect.
The EDL and custody
EDL members are not phased in the slightest by custody or prison. We'll call prison their 'home' as we believe this is where they started and this is actually where they are most at home.
The policeman on the street to them is 'guv' or 'boss', as the screws in prison are 'guv' or 'boss' to them.
Over the four years since the EDL came to light there has been a steady and consistent trickle of scores of offenders belonging to their movement coming in and out of prison, the revolving door.
The EDL and 'Britishness'
As a hate group that points the finger to divert attention from the crimes of the rich it is of no surprise that the EDL do not want to save the British badger or the NHS or any other public services that serve the British people, that would put their masters in the firing line. That is why we do not see any effort to help British people out in any way, shape or form mentioned in their hate filled agenda.
The EDL are class traitors and used as attack dogs by the state.
More info on what the EDL wouldn't want you to see at edlnews and exposingon
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South London Anti-Fascists: Stop the EDL marching to Woolwich
Reposted from South London Anti-Fascists / @SouthLondonAF
On Saturday 29th June, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka "Tommy Robinson") and Kevin Carroll, the two leading shitbaguettes of the English Defence League, are planning to do a sponsored walk from Westminster to Woolwich.
The sponsorship money raised by the for the walk has been rejected by the charity "Help for Heroes". So as they pocket the money for themselves, they want this event as a publicity stunt for the cameras.
The Islamophobic and racist EDL plan to walk through Tower Hamlets, and past the London Muslim Centre and the East London Mosque. They want a propaganda victory which makes them look like "peaceful" demonstrators highlight the "violent" muslims and anti-racist activists.
The EDL plan to celebrate the end of the walk in Woolwich with a demonstration. Carroll and Lennon have asked their supporters not to drink as they expect media coverage and don't want to appear as drunken thugs who attack women in hijabs on the street and set fire to mosques at night.
"Tommy" claims to speaks for the "non-Muslim working class", but both Muslim and non-Muslim working class people have stopped him from getting into Tower Hamlets and we will do so again.
We are working class anti-racists, we know the truth about EDL's lies and we know what the racist idiots' plans are.
We will not let them pass.
If you want to get involved in organising against the EDL contact: southlondon-antifascists@aktivix.org
Join the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/161516007362471
Spread the word, we will stop the EDL.
Also from Brighton Anti-Fascists..
London Calling: Saturday 29 June
And from EDLNews..
Tommy Robinson's Walk of Death
Latest from scum central..
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SICKO! EDL Uses The Murder of Woolwich Victim For Thier Own Gain.
Reposted from Anti-Fascist Network
Last night in a calm, considered and educated manor the EDL thought about its response to the brutal public murder, and botched beheading of a man going about his business in Woolwich, London….Not really, as you might expect from a group of reactionary right wing morons they set about making the most of the situation and used the murder as an excuse to dress up like terrorists and run around with plod. They got pissed, the celebrations got out of hand, and they ended up smashing up a pub before fighting with police. Vice magazine took some good photo's of the pricks here – Vice pics.
London EDL, Bexley Div – Celebrating the fact they think there's a
chance for a bit of racism.
The EDL is really going to milk this horrible incident, giving the two murderers exactly what they wanted; divided communities. As has been said many times, the British far right (EDL etc) and lunatic religious extremists are two sides of the same coin. The religious extremists can't get any support for their insane ideas from 99.9% of British Muslims, so they carry out a brutal murder and the EDL responds just as the extremists would like, they attack the innocent – ruining lives and communities, and trying to divide us in a way that the religious fanatics could never have done on their own. It's lucky for the rest of us that the Muslim community is in general very thoughtful, and reacts to the threats with a dignity that the EDL followers will never know.
There have already been incidents of attacks against innocent Muslim communities – in Essex a masked man walked into a mosque brandishing knives, in Kent a mosque was vandalised and in Bolton cars outside a mosque have been done over. One shitsack 'patriot' has been spreading lies on twitter that ordinary Muslims in Oldham were celebrating in the streets!?! This lie was then spread by CxF and EDL until GM Police had to take to twitter to say it was a load of old cobblers. On BBC Radio Five a caller of Indian decent, with kids in the army, talked of how she did not feel safe with the EDL running around blaming all brown people.
Other EDL divisions throughout the country who have been surrendered for some time are springing into life again to capitalise on the horrific murder. No doubt the Newcastle EDL organisers are rubbing their hands in glee, hoping that this death will boost their numbers at Saturdays protest. The EDL has called for a demo for bank holiday Monday outside Downing Street – presumably as the two murderers were sent on an all expenses paid cruise rather than being shot, uh? Time for London to unite and show the haters where to go! All Antifascists will be remaining vigilant over the coming weeks – to again try to stop the rot the far right brings to our streets, and using the upsurge in EDL facebook activity to gather intelligence on organised racism.
YAY "we got what we wanted" Sick fascists, yesterday evening.
Below is a statement from an AFN affiliated group, speaking on behalf of the Anti-Fascist Network.
The Anti-Fascist Network deplores the murder of a young man in Woolwich yesterday and our condolences go out to his family and friends. We also deplore the use of this incident by the far right to stir up Islamophobia once again.
By calling a 'terrorist alert' the government has shamelessly sought political capital from what was clearly an isolated act of brutality by a couple of lone psychopaths claiming to be Muslims. There are maniacs in every community and grouping, not least the far right. The loss of a life in such horrific circumstances is always a tragedy for those involved, just as it was when fascists killed Altab Ali or when the police killed Blair Peach.
Meanwhile the Muslim community has conducted itself with dignity, and a huge number of individual Muslims have spontaneously taken to social media to disassociate themselves from any kind of sectarian violence.
Unlike the EDL, now virtually a spent force, who have chosen to use this man's death to go on a recruiting drive and encourage attacks on minorities. The Internet is now buzzing with 'patriots', nationalists and fascists eager to exploit the situation – please don't encourage them by carelessly repeating their drivel.
We will all need to be vigilant, and work with our communities against any rise in fascist activity.
We reproduce below a statement from the Muslim Council of Great Britain:
"This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly.
Our thoughts are with the victim and his family.We understand the victim is a serving member of the Armed Forces. Muslims have long served in this country's Armed Forces, proudly and with honour.
This attack on a member of the Armed Forces is dishonourable, and no cause justifies this murder. This action will no doubt heighten tensions on the streets of the United Kingdom.
We call on all our communities, Muslim and non-Muslim, to come together in solidarity to ensure the forces of hatred do not prevail."
– Muslim Council of Great Britain
There's another blog post worth checking here: Andy Carrington
Photo's in this article are taken by extremely good looking, talented photographers, who work with Vice Magazine , used without permission (sorry).
[Ends]
Callout:
"Calling For South London Anti-Fascist Response to EDL in Woolwich"
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Update: "Police seize computer and search home of UKIP's Eric Kitson"
UKIP's Eric Kitson
"POLICE have raided the house of a UKIP politician embroiled in a race hate storm – as he confirmed his formal resignation as a councillor is taking place today.
Officers from West Mercia Police have searched the Stourport-based home of Eric Kitson and seized his computer to gather evidence for a possible prosecution.
The 59-year-old has not been arrested, but has been voluntarily interviewed about the saga of his anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish Facebook rants.
He will formally resign as a councillor at 4pm today – despite only winning a seat at Worcestershire County Council 13 days ago.
It means his spell at County Hall is the shortest of any elected politician in the authority's history, and will trigger a by-election.
A statement released on his behalf by UKIP said: "It is with sadness that I am announcing my resignation as a councillor.
"I am extremely sorry to have let down my friends, the people in the hardworking UKIP team that got me elected, the people of Stourport, and of course my family.
"Like many people who are not professional politicians I used my Facebook page a general post board.
"That was foolish – I am no racist, but I can understand why people could think so."
The UK Independence Party say a meeting is due in the coming days of its decision-making National Executive Committee, which is almost certain to revoke his membership too.
He was outed over the weekend for filling his now-deleted Facebook page with a host of racist images and cartoons.
Among the most shocking was a cartoon of a Muslim being spit-roasted on a fire fuelled by copies of the Koran.
He also made comments referring to Muslim women, saying "hang um first then ask questions later" and called for the repatriation of "six million migrants and refugees".
West Mercia Police had received complaints from the public over the saga, and acted by searching his home last night.
A spokesman said: "Eric Kitson, from Stourport, was voluntarily interviewed by officers from West Mercia Police over concerns raised by the public about allegedly offensive and racist comments made on social media.
"A computer was seized and a property in Stourport searched by police for evidence gathering purposes.
"A file has been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service for their consideration."
Police have also taken a statement from Mumshad Ahmed, a Muslim former county councillor, who wants him prosecuted for inciting racial hatred."
Further reading: "More Ukip horror as investigation exposes racist abuse"
Latest (mainstream): 12.06.13: Support for UKIP plummets by A THIRD – leaving them tied with the Lib Dems, poll reveals
Update on Kitson: Defeated councillor John Thomas wins Stourport by-election
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"Racial hatred condemned by Cheltenham Town chairman"
"RACIAL hatred in football has been condemned by Cheltenham Town chairman Paul Baker after a Robins' fan allegedly sent racist abuse to two black footballers.
Police have arrested and bailed a 25-year-old man from Cheltenham on suspicion of sending racist tweets to Northampton Town striker Adebayo Akinfenwa and defender Clarke Carlisle.
A joint investigation between police forces in Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire was launched on Wednesday night.
It comes after Northampton knocked Cheltenham out of the League Two play-offs over two legs last Thursday and Sunday.
Carlisle, who captained Northampton in both matches, is also chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association and an ambassador for anti-racism campaigners Kick It Out.
In response to a racial tweet, Carlisle wrote: "Really?! You must make your parents very proud."
Cheltenham Town said if proceedings continued and the man was found guilty of racist abuse, they would make an example of him.
Mr Baker said: "It is, of course, totally unacceptable and, if he is proven guilty, the club will be taking its own action to ban him from home games in the coming season.
"It's not something we have discussed as a board as yet but we do take crowd behaviour very seriously. I think there's a racist culture in British society per se and it comes out in various ways, including football. I don't think it's a football problem but a small collection of people who are intolerant.
"Things of a racist nature are totally unacceptable and football is doing what it can to stamp it out of the game and, fortunately, our club doesn't suffer from this sort of thing." The club last night thanked fans for their help in reporting racial abuse to the police.
A police spokeswoman said: "The 25-year-old man was arrested under the Malicious Communications Act. He was subsequently also arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence of intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress.
"The man has now been bailed."
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