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Man filmed making racist slurs sentenced to community work

by Evelyn Iwanek

A man caught on video racially abusing two Exeter students has been sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work. After Kalsoom Naqvi and Tayiba Hussain captured Stephen Scatcherd, 59, using threatening and abusive language towards them, Exeter Magistrates’ Court sentenced him to community work. Having likened Muslims to cockroaches, Scatcherd pleaded guilty to a racially […]

Crews tackle major fire into the night

by David Smeeton

Efforts to tackle a major fire, which started early Wednesday afternoon, were expected to continue into the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire started at around 1.45pm on Wednesday in the basement of Richer Sounds on Sidwell Street. Smoke was seen from across the city and people have been evacuated from their homes including some international […]

Racism in Exeter caught on camera

by Rachel Ashenden

On Wednesday 25th May students from the university captured a racist verbal attack on film. At 6.33pm, Kalsoom Naqvi (third year Philosophy student), and her friend Tayiba Hussain (studying MA Law), were walking through Sidwell Street, when a stranger made “bomb jokes” at their passing: “I hear a trigger going off…kaboom!”. Allusions to terrorist acts […]

BREAKING : Controlled Explosion following Exeter Bomb Scare

by A.HANSON-BRAY and Fiona Potigny

Exeter city centre has been the focus of a potential bomb scare after police were alerted to two suspicious packages found in the city. St. Sidwell’s School and Exeter Mosque were evacuated while a bomb squad carried out investigations, with the evacuation area extending as far as the city bus station. Following the discovery of […]

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