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A JUDGE’S decision to withhold dozens of racist text messages on the phones of G4S guards acquitted of killing Jimmy Mubenga was condemned as “a shocking act of state racism” yesterday.
Old Bailey judge Mr Justice Spencer ruled that the “grossly offensive and undoubtedly racist” text messages on two of the three G4S guards’ phones were inadmissible evidence, denying the jury to see them as they did not have “any real relevance.”
But anti-fascist campaign leader Weyman Bennett told the Star that it would not be irrelevant if a Muslim on trial for terrorist charges had text messages supporting Isis.
“The decision to withhold the texts is a shocking act of state racism,” the Unite Against Fascism joint secretary said.
“With the rise of Ukip we’re increasingly seeing the racist language and the politics of scapegoating becoming normalised.”
Mr Bennett, who was among those protesting outside the Home Office on Thursday night, said the Stand Up to Racism demonstration on March 21 will be significant coming just six weeks before the general election.
