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Failed Policing And Racism In Blackburn

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Iyad Albattikhi, Paedos, Foreigners, Fear, Failed Policing And Racism In Lancashire

IN BLACKBURN, “Jordanian takeaway owner Iyad Albattikhi” has been found guilty of head-butting an 18-year-old woman, said to be his former girlfriend.

The Lancashire Telegraph reports that Mr Albattikhi has been sentenced to 20 weeks custody and given a two-year restraining order:

Albattikhi had been living in Blackburn and running Funnyboyz – now Mr Beanz – when 13-year-old Charlene Downes went missing in 2003. She has never been found. Albattikhi was charged with her murder and his landlord and business partner Mohammed Raveshi was charged with assisting an offender. But after a jury failed to reach a verdict in a first trial in May 2007, the case collapsed ahead of a retrial.

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Posted: 20th, June 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)