From The Daily Mail:
By Sarah Harris and Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:14 AM on 9th September 2010
Taking action: Liz and Henry Webster launched a High Court challenge claiming his school failed to deal with racial tension that led to the attack
Every playground tiff should be investigated for elements of racism, a report has recommended.
The warning follows a hammer attack by an Asian gang on a 15-year-old white boy on his school’s tennis courts which left the victim with brain damage.
Henry Webster’s skull was fractured when he was punched, kicked and hit with a claw hammer by a group calling themselves the Asian Invaders. They left him for dead.
A serious case review of events surrounding the attack found that his school had failed to tackle escalating racial tensions between Asian and white teenagers – even after a riot on the playing fields.
It warned that schools should record the ethnicity of bullies and victims and act if a pattern of racism arises, including liaising more closely with police.
According to the review, Ridgeway School in Wroughton, Wiltshire, did not prepare for the arrival of a ‘significant number’ of British Asian students in September 2005 – less than two months after the 7/7 Tube and bus bombings in London. Continue Reading →
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