White Teenager Beaten By 'Disaffected Asian Pupils' In Racist Attack

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Teenager beaten by 'disaffected Asian pupils' in racist attacK
By Richard Savill
Published: 3:36PM BST 17 Aug 2009

Henry Webster with his mother Photo: CHRISTOPHER JONES ​

A 15-year-old student was subjected to a racist hammer attack which left him brain damaged because his school had failed to properly discipline "disaffected Asian pupils", a court heard.

The secondary school had created a "culture of racist bullying and harassment", it was claimed.

Henry Webster, who is now 18, suffered a fractured skull after he was repeatedly punched, kicked and hit with the sharp end of a claw hammer by a gang of Asian pupils.

Thir
teen teenagers, and a man who did not attend the 1,400-pupil Ridgeway School in Wroughton, near Swindon, Wilts, were convicted of the attack at Bristol Crown Court last year.

Mr Webster is seeking compensation from the school, claiming there was a negligent failure to maintain proper discipline and deal with racial tension.

His counsel Robert Glancy, QC, told the High Court in London that the "undue indulgence and leniency" towards disaffected Asian pupils created an "obvious risk of racial violence".

Mr Glancy added: "We say there was a failure to provide security at the school and to prevent intrusion by trespassers.

"There was also a failure to supervise the tennis courts exit from the school and a failure to impose and maintain adequate disciplinary standards, including control of the group of pupils known as 'Asian Invasion'.

"There was a failure to deal with racial tensions and incidents, or to promote good relations between different racial groups.

"The patte
rn of events over several years led to the inhuman and degrading treatment of Henry and a breach of his human rights.

"They should at least have put up a security fence, as they did almost immediately after the attack on Henry.

"We say that the net effect of all this led to the incident in January 2007."

Ronald Walker QC, for the school, denied liability, pointing out the attack took place outside school hours. He said nothing could have been done to prevent it.

Mr Walker said the school's responsibility was to discipline pupils, not outside adults, and arguments that laxity in enforcing school rules contributed to the attack, were "fanciful" and "implausible".

If Mr Webster wins his case, he could receive seven-figure compensation.

His younger brother Joseph, his mother Elizabeth, and his step-father Roger Durnford, who each say they were left deeply traumatised by witnessing Mr Webster suffering with his injuries, are also seeking damages.

A full High Court
hearing is due to start on Oct 19.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...isaffected-Asian-pupils-in-racist-attack.html

 

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Hammer attack man claims damages
Page last updated at 17:02 GMT, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:02 UK

The Webster family claim teachers failed to discipline pupils ​

A student claiming damages after he was left brain damaged in a hammer attack at his school has described racial tensions among pupils.

Henry Webster, 18, has begun a High Court action against Ridgeway School in Wroughton, Wiltshire, where he was targeted by a gang of pupils in 2007.

The school denies being negligent as the attack happened after school hours.

Thirteen teenagers and a man were convicted for their part in the assault and jailed last year.

Mr Webster was 15 when he was repeatedly punched, kicked and hit with the sharp end of a claw hammer.

He suffered three skull fractures, one of which caused brain injury.

'Failed to integrate'

At the start of the five-week case in London he told the court that the attack happened amid tensions caused by Asian boys at the school failing to integrate.

He claimed there was a negligent failure by the school to maintain proper discipline and deal with racial tension.

He said many of them felt they had to take the law into their own hands after teachers failed to discipline people who had been "causing trouble".

Mr Webster told the court: "The school didn't do anything to try and split them [the Asian boys] up but almost seemed to encourage them to stay together. They were given their own lunch area."

He added: "I saw them abusing and intimidating white pupils. They would hang around in the corridors and would intimidate people by speaking their own language, pointing and laughing.

"They would shoulder barge people and generally just try and cause arguments and fights around the school."

Judicial review

But cross-examining him on behalf of the school, Ronald Walker QC suggested to Mr Webster that there was an issue over whether the attack on him was racially-motivated at all.

The court heard the reason Mr Webster was singled out was because he had punched an Asian boy in the face that morning.

Mr Webster said he felt he was being intimidated.

Mr Walker: "You were not selected for attack because you were white."

Mr Webster: "I can't comment on that."

Mr Walker: "Do you accept that this whole incident or the escalation of the incident came about because you punched him in the face?"

Mr Webster: "No".

Earlier, Mr Walker suggested such racist behaviour as there was came predominantly from white boys rather than Asians.

The school said the attack happened outside of school hours and that unless they stopped and searched every single visitor that there was very little they could do to have stopped it from happening.

A judicial review is currently being carried out into the incident and is also taking place at the High Court.

Mr Webster's younger brother, Joseph, mother, Elizabeth, and stepfather, Roger Durnford, who each said they were left deeply traumatised by witnessing his injuries, are also seeking damages.

The case continues.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8316675.stm

 

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Homeschooling anyone? Who would send their child to such a school anyway?

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