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Asian cleared of Griffin race abuse

Source: observer.guardian.co.uk

Nov 04, 2009

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Tauriq Khalid found not guilty of threatening BNP leader during far-right demonstration in Burnley

An Asian man has been cleared by a jury of racially abusing the white leader of the far-right British National party, Nick Griffin, following an incident in Burnley when he was protesting outside a police station. The jurors at Preston crown court deliberated for 45 minutes following a three-day trial, before finding Tauriq Khalid, 23, not guilty of racially abusive threatening behaviour.

Khalid denied the central claim of Griffin's, that he shouted "white bastard" at far-right demonstrators who were protesting in the Lancashire town last November. They were objecting against the arrest of four BNP sympathisers for distributing leaflets linking Muslim gangs to the heroin trade.

Griffin, an MEP for the north-west, who has an office in the town, took the threat so seriously he retreated to the safety of his car for half an hour. In the witness box Griffin, 50, recalled that the man had leaned out of the car and pointed to him using a "gang gun gesture". However, the

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