25 Oct, 2016 @ 12:12
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VIDEO: ‘F****ng Spanish, speak English!’, racist thug in the UK screams as he attacks man for speaking Spanish

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VIDEO footage has emerged of a Spaniard being attacked for speaking in his native tongue on a UK high street.

Tomas Gil, from Valencia, was talking to his girlfriend after a night out in Poole when he was set upon by a thug.

The 27 year old was overheard by Danial Way, who proceeded to rip a plank of wood off a building and smash it into Gil’s face.

He shouted during the attack: “Fucking Spanish, speak English!”

The incident was caught on CCTV and shows Gil fall to the ground after being hit.

He was briefly knocked unconscious and suffered cuts and bruises to his mouth.

Way was restrained by members of the public until he was arrested on May 19.

He has pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage.

Judge Brian Forster called Way’s behaviour ‘totally unacceptable’.

He said: “On the morning in question, you took part in what can only be considered to be totally gratuitous and unnecessary violence.”

Way was convicted to 12 months in prison and must complete 150 hours of unpaid work and carry out 25 rehabilitation activity days and pay his victim just short of €900.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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9 Comments

  1. Pity that he only got the sentence that he did. I wonder how a similar case would have been handled in Spain should any Spaniard be so barbaric (which I doubt)?

    • The ongoing inquest into the death of a British rugby player at the hands of the police in Spain, is looking pretty barbaric. Three times an onlooking doctor warned the officer to remove the baton being pressed on the mans’ throat and three times he was ignored. The man died. The Spanish authorities are ignoring the courts’ pleas for a comment/statement.

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