Tipton: Couple Attacked With Bricks And Stick As Children Watch On

Tipton Attack

First Posted: 11/01/12 08:23 GMT Updated: 11/01/12 08:35 GMT   PA

Police have appealed for witnesses after a husband and wife were violently attacked with bricks and a stick in front of their children in an apparent racist hate crime.

West Midlands Police said the assault, on Henn Street, Tipton, on Sunday evening, was "completely unprovoked".

The injured man remains in hospital, receiving treatment for injuries he sustained in the attack.

Sergeant Stephanie Court said: "The family are understandably traumatised by their experience and I would like to appeal for anyone who witnessed the assault to contact me, in the strictest confidence.

"I would also like to take this opportunity to make it clear that we do not tolerate any form of hate crime in Tipton and we will seek to prosecute those involved in such activity.

"Thankfully this kind of offence is rare in this area."

Witnesses are urged to contact police on 0345 113 5000 extension 7630 6804 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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09:26 PM on 01/11/2012
"Thankfully this kind of offence is rare in this area." was a quote from a police spokesperson who has probably just moved to Tipton! Racist attacks in Tipton were quite common in the 60s, and 70s. Even though I moved far away I expect they have continued; unfortunately' and are still regular if not commonplace!
09:15 PM on 01/11/2012
Let he who is without sin cast the first brick.
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07:06 PM on 01/11/2012
its just to easy for plod to claim this and that was racist
06:52 PM on 01/11/2012
you have to condem any attack racist or otherwise, but its the way this country has gone, we are slowly but surely sinking till new lows, on a daily basis,do you blame the goverment the education system, adults, in these times of depression caused by goverments who lost control where some have money but many struggle, where benefits were handed out like sweets, we are going to have many more problems like this on a daily basis In london i see 3 van loads of police following each other around with 20 to 30 police in them get them on the streets, i see police cars with 2/3 officers in them get them ion the streets, i see 3/4 police officers looking at one holding a speed camera groups of 20/30 police officers checking road tax, get them on the streets we have enough officers they just very poorly used. When was the last time you walked around a corner and bumped into a police officer on patrol, the recent riots happened because we had plenty of police officers but they were badly deployed, and using there health and safety laws
whilst london burnt and was rampaged
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05:47 PM on 01/11/2012
Some PC magistrate will say of the perpitrators they had an unhappy childhood and should receive counciling.

You can't win for losing
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Norman Mitchison
05:26 PM on 01/11/2012
This again points to no police prescence patrolling the streets.Not much can be seen from the front of a moving police car. Bring back the bobbies on the beat,that will serve and protect the public.
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fwdinsight
04:28 PM on 01/11/2012
What is wrong with people?
05:31 PM on 01/11/2012
They are racist, my friend, very racist but we are all ashamed and pretend otherwise.
majdf18148
I have nothing to declare but my curiosity
04:21 PM on 01/11/2012
This is an incomplete ergo worse than useless part story. It imparts nothing to readers other than the very skeleton of an incident that we are told was racially motivated but we are not deemed intelligent enough to judge the incident ourselves in that the nub of the story is missing. This sort of reporting encourages xenophobic and racist remarks. It leads many people who feel insecure about the country's immigration and multi ethnicity policies to ask what is being hidden. If the police have withheld the information then that should be stated. That said the police are asking for witnesses to come forward, witnesses to what? Who is alleged to have attacked who? We have to get a grip of this issue before it gets out of hand. If a crime is labelled a "racist hate crime"then we have a right to know in what context. Who assaulted who. Most of can deal with that without any bad thoughts towards the race or ethnicity of the assailant. We don't do cover-ups very well!
05:25 PM on 01/11/2012
Does it really matter what group you pigeon-hol­e the attacker or the victim into? Surely, they are all human beings.
Are the two different circumstan­­ces to be graded differentl­­y in the order of despicable­­?
Is one to be dealt with the way a brutal, unprovoked murder at Eltham SW London 19 years ago was dealt with dismissive­ly by the police while the other dealt with expeditiou­­sly?
majdf18148
I have nothing to declare but my curiosity
08:04 PM on 01/11/2012
You miss my point entirely. There is mounting criticism in some quarters that racist attacks are dealt with differently and more leniently when the victims are white. I am NOT saying this is so but we need absolute transparency. ALL racist incidents, big or small, from whatever race upon whatever race are inherently and irrevocably wrong If huge media coverage is seemingly given to only one part of racism that in itself helps promotes a racial, if not racist, backlash. I have seen justifiable criticism on both sides of the coin but many people haven't. If the crime is considered racist explain it. If isn't a race hate crime then the issue is different. Read the hundreds of posts placed on this site when these matters arise and you will see what I mean.Assuage your anger and try to understand what is being said. I assume your last paragraph refers to the despicable murder of the late Stephen Lawrence. Pity you didn't read my lengthy post on the matter a few days ago and you would not be asking me that rhetorical question. Have a nice evening and thank you anyway for your response.
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Saint wright
Dyslexic old chippy
03:58 PM on 01/11/2012
Kohl, i agree the Daily Mail had 21 pages of a 60 page news paper on one day devoted to SL. I dont remember giving such coverage to Kriss Donald, killed by 5 Asian men who want to kill a white boy for fun.

They held his arms and stabbed him 13 times. He sustained internal injuries to three arteries, one of his lungs, his liver and a kidney. He was doused in petrol and set on fire as he bled to death.

The five men convicted of the abduction and murder were convicted of racially aggravated offences. After the murder, some of Donald's attackers fled the United Kingdom to Pakistan.
08:23 PM on 01/11/2012
"the Daily Mail had 21 pages of a 60 page news paper on one day devoted to SL. I dont remember giving such coverage to Kriss Donald, killed by 5 Asian men who want to kill a white boy for fun."

Perhaps because the killers were quickly found, arrested, and found guilty, without police racism and alleged friendliness with the criminals getting in the way as it did with Lawrence? And I think you'll find the Sun, Mail and Express need no encouraging to report black on white crime - they LOVE it!
03:46 PM on 01/11/2012
Since the police and authorities have quickly labelled this a hate crime it is almost certainly White on Black. The other way round does not exist in the world of the new age puritan luvvies. You know, the one where you can get drunk, attack a man and woman, kick her to the ground and in the head, call her a White ****** more than once and have the police declare no race crime involved and the authorities excuse the crime as the assailants were not used ot drinking! Resolving bigoted and violent colour or race crimes (they are not the same despite what the luvvies say) will be resolved more quickly if you assure the public that ALL such acts will be treated in the same manner and not be selective about whom you accuse of what and vary the punishments.
04:15 PM on 01/11/2012
You forgot to add, the judge criticised the boyfriend for trying to defend his girlfriend from the attack.
04:49 PM on 01/11/2012
well said and very true
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Saint wright
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03:11 PM on 01/11/2012
is it white on black/asian or the other way round, how can we know anything from this post?
03:27 PM on 01/11/2012
If Huffpost had given an indication of the ethnicity of either the assailants or those attacked then doubtless underneath you would have found the words ' comments for the post are closed' ! Better this way fot them, that in not telling us anything, so we can have nothing to comment about......
02:06 PM on 01/11/2012
no actual evidence given by the Police as to it being racist. it appears to be an assumption
05:33 PM on 01/11/2012
No, you are the one making assumption.
06:42 PM on 01/11/2012
great please direct me to the evidence that it was. after all the recent sad and disgusting murder in Salford started off as a racist murder and finally became the random act of a very sick psychotic individual with the victim having been in the wrong place at the wrong time. which was terrible.

before any one makes wild accusations which could have severe consequences they should give evidence
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