Chapelfield Gardens in Norwich. Picture: Denise Bradley.
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Three people have been charged with breaking lockdown rules by taking part in an anti-Covid protest involving more than 30 people in a Norwich park.
Keeley Baker, 38, Richard Goldsmith, 44, and Calvin Stroud, 55, were among those taking part in a gathering at Chapelfield Gardens in Norwich, during the second national lockdown, on November 7 last year.
Baker, of Fleming Close, Gorleston, Goldsmith, of Sheep Meadow Close, Norwich, and Stroud, from London, all appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court earlier this month having each been charged with being involved in the holding of a gathering or more than 30 people in a public place in contravention of coronavirus regulations.
Published:
2:41 PM January 9, 2021
Updated:
2:55 PM January 9, 2021
Stand Up to Racism in Lowestoft held a protest on Rotterdam Road after a man in his 40s was racially assaulted earlier this year
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Employees at a Lowestoft kebab shop with a predominantly Turkish workforce have said they face racism almost daily as their most prolific abuser was convicted for hate crime.
Kings Kebab Shop in London Road South, Lowestoft
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The court heard that Burlingham made staff uncomfortable with insults such as go back to your own country , and show me your passport , with one employee s victim impact statement revealing they no longer wanted to come into work because of him.
Staff at Kings Kebab & Pizza in Lowestoft were subjected to racist abuse by Burlingham regularly
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A man who harassed his neighbour and hurled racist abuse towards staff at a nearby kebab shop was spared prison after revealing he has 17 children who depend on him.
Robert Burlingham, 54, of London Road South, Lowestoft, was sentenced at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court on January 6 over two incidents of racially aggravated intentional harassment on June 5 and June 9, 2020.
He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
Stacie Cossey, prosecuting, said: On June 9, at 4.45pm, Mr Burlingham s neighbour called the police claiming he was swearing and being verbally abusive while standing on the steps of the Kings Kebab shop on Lowestoft Road South.
A 79-year-old woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said things had quietened down since the case ended up in court.
She said: “Definitely since the court case things have got better. We’ve put up with it for a long time but it s definitely got quieter. It s much quieter.
Meanwhile a 55-year-old, who lives in the area, said: “It has been quieter. It has made a difference and hopefully it will stay that way.
The man and his wife said the situation had been going on for more than eight years.
Meanwhile a 59-year-old woman, said: “We haven’t heard as much as we’ve previously heard.