EDL Supporters Targeted Asian Shopkeepers

The HucknallDispatch reported that two men targeted members of an Asian family who ran a newsagent’s shop in Bulwell. They used a ‘torrent’ of racial abuse, with one also wielding a knife.

One of the members pulled a knife as he delivered an ‘onslaught of foul remarks’. He asked one of the family: “What religion are you?”. When a woman asked him why that mattered, he replied: “Because I’m EDL”, indicating that he was a member of the English Defence League (EDL).

Both men admitted racially aggravated harassment and using threatening words and behaviour. One also admitted he had possessed the knife. Reportedly, alcohol was an influence for their behaviour.