Court gives 'light sentence' to racist who hounded girl
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guardian.co.uk, Thursday 20 August 2009 19.29 BST
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A teenager whose four-month racist campaign led a younger schoolgirl to try to kill herself was sentenced to six months supervision today.
The girl's mother said after the hearing he had got off lightly. "[My daughter] thought he walked out with a slap on the wrist. If that's the reaction of a 14-year-old you can imagine the reaction from her mum."
Edward Johnson, prosecuting, told Lincoln youth court that the bullying of the 14-year-old happened between last September and January.
He said: "The victim, a mixed-race girl, received abuse … at various locations in the school [that] included use of the words nigger, wog and gorilla.
"Chants were also repeated, including 'white is right', 'kick them out' and 'fight, fight, fight'. This had a significant impact on the 14-year-old victim, who attempted suicide. Clearly the girl suffered significantly."
The 15-year-old, who has been moved to another school, was also ordered to carry out 10 hours of indirect reparation – the equivalent of community service. His parents will have to pay £500 compensation and £300 court costs and attend a parenting support session.
The teenager was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment after a trial at the court last month. Another 15-year-old boy was found not guilty.
学校での人種、a mixed-raceを理由にした虐め。
日本の学校でも、虐めに対しては毅然と対処すべきだ。
また、これから、様々な国出身の親をもつ生徒たちももっと増加してくるだろう。
自治体、学校単位でしっかりとしたマニュアルでも作っておくべきだと、思う。