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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, leaving 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 they had had 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. | 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. |
| 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. |
| As Mr Yamba 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' | |
| Judge Alan Conrad QC told the defendant: "This country, in particular... Salford and Manchester have a long and proud history of diversity and inclusivity. | 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. | "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." | "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." | 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." | "It appears what happened ... in some way Brexit and immigration was playing on his mind." |
| Mr Yamba welcomed the sentence, saying it reflected the seriousness of the offence but he did not think it was about Brexit, "just racism". | |
| He said: "What's Brexit have to do with it? People can debate about it." | |
| Supt Marcus Noden, from Greater Manchester Police (GMP), described it as a "cowardly and spiteful act", adding there was "no place for this kind of hatred in Manchester or anywhere else". | |
| He said: "No one should be subjected to this kind of abuse, especially in their own home." | |
| The attack only came to light after Mr Yamba, who came to the UK from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006, tweeted a photo of his front door after he reported it, complaining police had not been to see him about it. | |
| It led to Dowd's arrest and an apology from GMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins. |