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| White supremacist jailed for asylum seeker attack | |
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| Callum Parslow was given a life sentence for the attempted murder of an asylum seeker | Callum Parslow was given a life sentence for the attempted murder of an asylum seeker |
| A white supremacist who stabbed an asylum seeker at a hotel in what a judge said was "undoubtedly a terrorist attack" has been jailed for life. | A white supremacist who stabbed an asylum seeker at a hotel in what a judge said was "undoubtedly a terrorist attack" has been jailed for life. |
| Callum Parslow, 32, stabbed Nahom Hagos in the chest and hand at the Pear Tree Inn at Smite near Worcester. | Callum Parslow, 32, stabbed Nahom Hagos in the chest and hand at the Pear Tree Inn at Smite near Worcester. |
| At Woolwich Crown Court, Parslow was given a minimum term of 22 years and eight months for attempted murder. | At Woolwich Crown Court, Parslow was given a minimum term of 22 years and eight months for attempted murder. |
| During his trial Parslow told the jury he travelled to the hotel to stab "one of the Channel migrants" because he was "angry and frustrated". | During his trial Parslow told the jury he travelled to the hotel to stab "one of the Channel migrants" because he was "angry and frustrated". |
| Sentencing Parslow, Mr Justice Dove said his attack on Mr Hagos was motivated by his adoption of a "far right neo-Nazi mindset, which fuelled your warped, violent and racist views." | Sentencing Parslow, Mr Justice Dove said his attack on Mr Hagos was motivated by his adoption of a "far right neo-Nazi mindset, which fuelled your warped, violent and racist views." |
| Parslow, of Bromyard Terrace, Worcester, was convicted of attempted murder following a three-week trial at Leicester Crown Court last year. | |
| He also pleaded guilty to an unconnected sexual offence and two charges of sending electronic communications with intent to cause distress and anxiety. | |
| The judge told him his victim suffered "devastating injuries" in "a vicious and unprovoked assault on a complete stranger". | |
| Mr Hagos is a 25-year-old Eritrean national who has been granted leave to remain in the UK until November 2028. | |
| Mr Hagos, who had previously been a resident at the hotel, had returned to borrow a bicycle when the attack took place. | |
| Parslow stabbed Mr Hagos in the chest and hand with a "specialist" knife he had bought online for £770, which the judge said had an "especially hard and sharp blade". | |
| Watch: White supremacist given life sentence for attempted murder of asylum seeker | |
| Mr Justice Dove said a clinical psychologist had diagnosed Mr Hagos as having depression and PTSD as a direct result of the attack. | |
| In a victim impact statement read in court by the prosecution, he said he continued to suffer "excruciating pain" in his hand and struggled to sleep. | |
| "I had been living and pursuing a happy life before the incident," he said. "This is now a distant memory. | |
| "I feel lonely and don't feel safe on the street. My life has been turned upside down." | |
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