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| Man jailed over racist graffiti daubed on Salford flat | Man jailed over racist graffiti daubed on Salford flat |
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| A man who daubed "no blacks" on the door of a family home which left a 10-year-old boy "terrified" has been jailed. | A man who daubed "no blacks" on the door of a family home which left a 10-year-old boy "terrified" has been jailed. |
| Vaughan Dowd, 54, vandalised the front door of Jackson Yamba's home in Salford, five days after his family moved in. | Vaughan Dowd, 54, vandalised the front door of Jackson Yamba's home in Salford, five days after his family moved in. |
| Dowd, of Irlam Square, Salford, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to racially aggravated criminal damage. | Dowd, of Irlam Square, Salford, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to racially aggravated criminal damage. |
| Jailing him for 12 months, a judge told him it was an "outpouring of racism". | Jailing him for 12 months, a judge told him it was an "outpouring of racism". |
| Manchester Crown Court heard Mr Yamba, 38, had moved into the same block of flats as the defendant in Irlams o' th' Height, Greater Manchester, in February. | |
| As he left home to take his son David to school, they saw the graffiti and the boy became tearful. The attack has left him fearful and angry, Mr Yamba said. | |
| Actions 'not welcome' | |
| The same graffiti was also daubed on an internal communal door and the entry door to the block of flats. | The same graffiti was also daubed on an internal communal door and the entry door to the block of flats. |
| Judge Alan Conrad QC told the defendant: "This country, in particular... Salford and Manchester have a long and proud history of diversity and inclusivity. | |
| "We welcome those who, having a right to come here, do so and when they do, lead decent and productive lives. | |
| "What you did was not welcome in any civilised society." | |
| He added: "This was simply an outpouring of racist views held by you for which there is no excuse." | |
| Iain Johnstone, defending, said Dowd, a self-employed gardener, "maintains he's not racist". | Iain Johnstone, defending, said Dowd, a self-employed gardener, "maintains he's not racist". |
| "It appears what happened ... in some way Brexit and immigration was playing on his mind." | |