Iraqi yob who spat on WWII hero's medals escapes jail ( England )

Daily Mail ^ | 25th February 2010

[george76]

An Iraqi-born yob who spat on a World War II hero's medals on Remembrance Day yesterday escaped jail.

Serwan Abdullah, 23, targeted Timothy House while he was wearing his late grandfather’s honours after a commemorative parade.

Mr House, 44, who was recovering from a broken hip and was also looking after a 91-year-old wheelchair-bound veteran when the attack happened, said he was left ‘outraged and very angry’.

Abdullah showed no remorse and told officers he had done ‘nothing wrong’ adding: ‘F*** him and f*** his medals.’

The medals Mr House was wearing were awarded to former paratrooper Company Sgt Major Steadman who fought at Dunkirk and in North Africa.

During an illustrious career he was awarded an array of medals including the Palestine Medal, The Africa Star, The Italy Star and the 1939-1945 Star.

In a statement read at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court yesterday, Mr House said: ‘This is one of the most important days of the year for me because my grandfather fought in Word War II.

‘Since he died in 1991 I have always worn his medals for him. I have been attending Remembrance Day parades for as long as I can remember.’

Falklands veteran Chris Purcell, a parade martial with the Royal British Legion in Portsmouth, described Abdullah's actions as 'despicable’.

The 50-year-old former petty officer said: ‘To spit on the medals of a man who fought for our country is disgusting. It's a huge insult.

‘Everyone in this country should be able to wear their medals and the medals of their relatives with pride.’

[John-Irish]

Damn shame. To think that England was once “Great Britain’’ now it’s just....Britain. I couldn’t imagine myself at my age(53) having been born there and then having to grow up and with each passing decade watching as my country turned into something from the Mad Hatters Tea Party. I’d have gone crazy.

[John-Irish]

For the life of me I don’t know what happened to the Brits. It’s pathetic to see. I think in my life time, maybe 10 years, 15 tops Canterbury Cathedral will become a mosque.

[ASOC]

I got a problem with this cat wearing his DADs medals.

Put the medals in a case and carry them, you did not earn them...sorry that how it see it.

AS for the hadji, well, send him to the Tower....

[crazydad]

Is a yob like a yout???

[PaleoBob]

There’s no England anymore.

[Agamemnon]

Did anybody actually read the artcle?

Magistrate Mr Chittenden ordered Abdullah, of Portsmouth, to pay £100 compensation to Mr House and £100 in court costs.

He said: ‘The offence you have been convicted of is particularly abhorrent to society.’

He didn't get jail but he didn't get away with it either.

How many citizen-to-citizen altercations in the US actually see people getting jail time for spitting at each other, especially if facts might be in dispute?

The Muzzie here is absolute scum on so many levels. He has priors. He said he was spit at first (no evidence spoken of in the article). It was clear he connected his spit with those esteemed medals. He was therefore fined in light of some very obvious evidence he'd done the deed.

Was the guy actually provoked by the wearer of the medals, or are we to simply assume the guy just walked right up to the man shouting and spitting? We will never know for sure.

At any rate let's get a better picture of the whole story by reading the whole story first.

FReegards!

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Etiquette and protocol on wearing medals is different in the UK. Over here, those who earn the medals wear them on the left breast, if the recipient is dead, the next of kin or other close family member may wear them on the right.....

[Yorlik803]

A long time overdue.
Islam is a cancer on the world.