Man suffers five years of racist attacks
A Wigan man has sent a defiant message to racist yobs who have tormented him for five years.
Shah Khan, 62, moved to Wigan from his native North East 25 years ago and had no problems until he moved into a bungalow on Yewdale Road in the Landgate area of Bryn five years ago.
Since then, he has been written to 18 times in five years by Victim Support and gone to court on three separate occasions to prosecute six of his abusers.
He says he has reported countless crimes and incidents to the police, many apparently racially motivated – but still he is being verbally attacked.
One youth on the estate was recently ordered by the court to stay away from Mr Khan for 12 months after spitting at and abusing him.
In the past five years the yobs have:
Made death threats.
Hurled racist comments.
Spat at him.
Vandalised his house.
Vandalised his car.
Spread malicious rumours that he was a paedophile.
Made threats against his pet dog.
Despite the horrifying levels of abuse and vandalism Mr Khan has vowed not to let the yobs drive him out of his home.
He said: "Since I moved in here I have had nothing but threats and abuse. I've been asked if I would like to move but I am determined not to.
Click next page for more ..."Last week someone threw a huge brick at the window and I went after him and he was calling me a 'black paki' and all that sort of thing.
"People say it's brave of me but the point is I'm determined – I'm 62 years old and I will not be driven out of my home.
"One young girl was going around telling everyone I was a paedophile and I got her in court."
He says the attacks usually happen at night and he is often kept awake worrying about an attack and sometimes waits by the window until the early hours to spot potential vandals.
He said: "It's worse at night when people get a few pints in them and come up here acting brave.
"But I want to send the message out that if you mess with me I will have you in court.
"When the woman from Victim Support phoned me she said she was horrified at the number of incidents there had been. She couldn't believe it."
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