Ted Hennessey, PA
Highbury Corner Magistrates Court.
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An attack on a Singaporean law student by a 15-year-old boy over coronavirus was “racially motivated”, magistrates have found.
The 24-year-old was left bloodied and bruised and required surgery on his face after he was assaulted by the teenager and his group of friends on Oxford Street on February 24 last year.
The north London teenager, who cannot be identified due to his age, was found guilty of racially aggravated grievous bodily harm (GBH) at Highbury Corner Youth Court on Monday.
He had previously admitted wounding or inflicting GBH but denied it was racially motivated, telling his trial in December he had not mentioned coronavirus and was not a racist.