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Saturday 10 December 2011

'Disgusting sentence sends wrong message about street violence,' says devastated victim of race hate gang assault by Muslims freed because 'they weren't used to alcohol'

When Rhea Page watched CCTV in court of herself being beaten unconscious by a Muslim girl gang and saw one of her attackers laughing she felt disgusted.
 
The 22-year-old was determined to face her attackers and see justice done after she was viciously assaulted while waiting for a taxi with her boyfriend in Leicester city centre.

But the healthcare worker was bitterly disappointed as all four girls walked free from court for the random attack, which left Rhea with a bald patch where her hair was ripped out, because they were Somalian Muslims and not used to drinking alcohol. 


Far from feeling a sense of relief after her attackers' sentencing Rhea feels like she has become a victim all over again, this time of a soft justice system which let her attackers walk free.

Rhea told The Sun: 'I was so shocked by the sentence, it was disgusting. It's not sending out the right message about street violence.'     More


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