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UK: Race Thugs Get 54 Years
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Race; Posted on: 2008-01-18 10:46:39 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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Race thugs get 54 years: but John still haunted by night they tried to kill him
by Gemma Collins
East London Advertiser
RACE-hate mob victim John Payne has spoken out for the first time this week after three of the 30 thugs who tried to beat John to death were jailed at the Old Bailey for a total of 54 years last Friday (Jan 11).
John was attacked for what the court heard was "no other reason than he is white" when he ventured onto the mainly Asian Clichy housing estate in London's East End.
A friend desperately held his skull together as the baying mob rained blows down on him with a machete or axe and other weapons.
It was the miracle that kept him alive which helped surgeons at the Royal London Hospital save him.
John told the Advertiser how the attack on the estate in Stepney nearly two years ago has ruined his life.
"I won't be able to work in the near future," he said.
"I can't sleep and can't drive because of the epileptic seizures the attack has left me with.
"Nor can I just go to the pub with my friends or play football.
"I am frightened to pick up my baby daughter in case I have a seizure.
"They have ruined the rest of my life."
The 35-year-old now suffers regular seizures, walks on crutches because he can't move his right foot and is still having physiotherapy for his arms and legs.
But there is some light at the end of the tunnel.
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News Source: East London Advertiser
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