Racist road workers are sentenced to prison for bullying a Muslim colleague
On April 17, 2008 a British court ruling decided on the behalf a Muslim road worker who was subject to a 10-month campaign of racial harassment at his former work place at Amey Mouchel’s Motorway in Bescot, Walsall (UK). His three colleagues were each sentenced for three years of prison. According to the judge their behaviour went beyond ‘horseplay’ and developed into a “campaign of deliberate bullying”. Apparently the three men tried to force Amjid Mahmood to eat pork, placed a rucksack containing multi-coloured wires designed to resemble a bomb on top of Mahmood’s work locker, and on top of that set fire to his trousers. The group also tied their victim naked to railings and hosed him down with cold water. Additionally Amjid Mahmood was constantly insulted with racial comments and jokes. Some of the bullying was recorded on a mobile phone camera. The judge commented his ruling with the fact that these men “humiliated Amjid Mahmood and the things they did to him were painful, hurtful, dangerous, and done with considerable thought.” He continued his speech with a warning that “this behaviour was an appalling example of what can happen and its consequence, this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated in a civilised society, in the workplace or elsewhere.”
