The director appealed by way of case stated against a dismissal of a charge of chanting words of a racialist nature at a football match. He had called out to opposing supporters from Oldham ‘You’re just a town full of Pakis’. The district judge had found the words to be mere doggerel.
Held: It was implicit in the words that the people against whom it was directed were inferior because an association with people of Pakistani origin. It was intended as an insult. It was used in an abusive manner, and was within the mischief.
Judges:
Auld LJ, Goldring J
Citations:
Times 23-Jun-2003, [2003] EWHC 1593 (Admin), Gazette 28-Aug-2003
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 01 November 2022; Ref: scu.183874