[patriots] FW: [North_Maine_63733637] Murder of Kriss Donald
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Subject: [North_Maine_63733637] Murder of Kriss Donald
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kriss_DonaldMurder of Kriss Donald
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Coordinates: 55.842099°N 4.199232°W
Kriss Donald
Born
2 July 1988
Died
15 March 2004 (aged 15)
Barrowfield, Glasgow, Scotland
Cause of death
Stabbing/blood loss
Resting place
Linn Cemetery
55.798583°N 4.258634°W
Residence
Pollokshields, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Ethnicity
White Scottish
Occupation
Student
Known for
Victim of racist murder
Height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight
8.5 stone (54 kg)[1]
Parents
Angela Donald
Website
http://www.gonetoosoon.org/memorials/kriss-donald
Kriss Donald (2 July 1988 – 15 March 2004) was a Scottish fifteen-year-old
white male who was kidnapped, tortured[2] and murdered in Glasgow in 2004 by a
gang of Pakistani men, some of whom fled to Pakistan after the
crime.[3][4][5][6] Daanish Zahid, Imran Shahid, Zeeshan Shahid, and Mohammed
Faisal Mustaq were later found guilty of racially motivated murder and
sentenced to life imprisonment.[3][4] A fifth participant in the crime was
convicted of racially motivated violence and jailed for five years.
The case, which featured the first ever conviction for racially
motivated murder in Scotland, is cited as an example of the lack of
attention the media and society give to white sufferers of racist
attacks compared to that given to ethnic minorities, with organisations
such as the BBC later admitting failing to cover the case sufficiently.[7][8]
It is also suggested the crime demonstrates how society has been forced to
redefine racism so as to no longer exclude white victims.[9]
Contents
1 Kidnapping and murder
2 Arrests and first trials
3 Special extradition and later trial
4 Controversies surrounding the case
4.1 Lack of media coverage
4.2 Police "political correctness"
4.3 Early release of prisoners
5 Tributes
6 Legacy
7 See also
8 References
Kidnapping and murderOn 15 March 2004, Donald was abducted from Kenmure Street
by five men associated with a local Pakistani gang led by Imran Shahid. The
kidnapping was ostensibly revenge for an attack on Shahid at a nightclub
in Glasgow city centre the night before by a local white gang, and
Donald was chosen as an example of a "white boy from the McCulloch
Street area" despite having no involvement in the nightclub attack or in
any gang activity.[10] Donald was taken on a 200-mile journey to Dundee
and back while his kidnappers made phone calls looking for a house to
take him to. Having no success at this, they returned to Glasgow and
took him to the Clyde Walkway, near Celtic Football Club's training ground.[11]
There, they held his arms and stabbed him 13 times. He sustained internal
injuries to three arteries, one of his lungs, his liver and a kidney. He was
doused in petrol and set on fire as he bled to death.[12]
The five men convicted of the abduction and murder were convicted of racially
aggravated offences. After the murder, some of Donald's attackers fled the
United Kingdom to Pakistan.
The issue of the killing quickly became politicised because of the
racial element. After the murder there were reportedly ‘racial tensions’
in the area sufficient to lead to police intervention.[4]
Arrests and first trialsInitially, two men were arrested in connection with the
crime. One
man, Daanish Zahid, was found guilty of Kriss Donald's murder on 18
November 2004 and is the first person to be convicted of racially
motivated murder in Scotland.[13] Another man, Zahid Mohammed, admitted
involvement in the abduction
of Donald and lying to police during their investigation and was jailed
for five years. He was released after serving half of his sentence and
returned to court to give evidence against three subsequent defendants.
Daanish Zahid
Born
29 January 1984 (age 30)[14]
Criminal charge
Racially motivated murder, abduction, attempting to defeat the ends of justice
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment (minimum 17 years)
Criminal status
In prison
Motive
Racism
Conviction(s)
Racially motivated murder
Imran Shahid
Born
1976 or 1977
Huddersfield[15]
Other names
Baldy[16]
Criminal charge
Racially motivated murder, abduction
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment (minimum 25 years)
Criminal status
In prison
Motive
Racism
Conviction(s)
Racially motivated murder, abduction
Zeeshan Shahid
Born
1977 or 1978
Criminal charge
Racially motivated murder, abduction,
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment (minimum 23 years)
Criminal status
In prison
Motive
Racism
Conviction(s)
Racially motivated murder, abduction
Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq
Born
1978 or 1979
Criminal charge
Racially motivated murder, abduction
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment (minimum 22 years)
Criminal status
In prison
Motive
Racism
Conviction(s)
Racially motivated murder, abduction
Zahid Mohammed
Born
1 January 1984 (age 30)[14]
Criminal charge
abduction
Criminal penalty
5 years imprisonment
Criminal status
Released from prison
Motive
Racism
Conviction(s)
abduction
Special extradition and later trialThree suspects were arrested in Pakistan in
July 2005 and extradited to the UK in October 2005, following the intervention
of Mohammed Sarwar, the MP for Glasgow Central.
The Pakistani police had to engage in a 'long struggle' to capture two of the
escapees. There is no extradition treaty between Pakistan and Britain, but the
Pakistani authorities agreed to extradite the suspects.[10]
There were numerous diplomatic complications around the case, including
apparent divergences between government activities and those of
ambassadorial officials; government figures were at times alleged to be
reluctant to pursue the case for diplomatic reasons.[17]
The three extradited suspects, Imran Shahid, Zeeshan Shahid, and
Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq, all in their late twenties, arrived in Scotland
on 5 October 2005.[18] They were charged with Donald's murder the following
day.[19] Their trial opened on 2 October 2006 in Scotland.[20]
On 8 November 2006, the three men were found guilty of the racially
motivated murder of Kriss Donald. All three had denied the charge;
however, a jury at the High Court in Edinburgh convicted them of abduction and
murder.[15] The judge at the trial, Lord Uist, made a statement summing up the
case:
“
You
have all been convicted by the jury of the racially aggravated abduction
and murder of Kriss Donald, a wholly innocent 15-year-old boy of slight
build. He was selected as your victim only because he was white and
walking in a certain part of the Pollokshields area of Glasgow when you
sought out a victim. This murder consisted of the premeditated,
cold-blooded execution of your victim by stabbing him 13 times and
setting him alight with petrol while he was still in life. It truly was
an abomination. The savage and barbaric nature of this notorious crime
has rightly shocked and appalled the public. Your victim must have been
in a state of extreme terror while held by you during a four-hour car
journey across Central Scotland and back, and the agony which he must
have suffered during the period between being stabbed and set alight and
his death is just beyond imagining.
”
—Lord Uist.
Each of the killers received sentences of life imprisonment, with
Imran Shahid given a 25-year minimum term, Zeeshan Shahid a 23-year
minimum and Mushtaq receiving a recommended minimum of 22 years.
Controversies surrounding the case
Lack of media coverageThe BBC
has been criticised by some viewers because the case featured on
national news only three times and the first trial was later largely
confined to regional
Scottish bulletins including the verdict itself. Although admitting
that the BBC had "got it wrong", the organisation's Head of
Newsgathering, Fran Unsworth,
largely rejected the suggestion that Donald's race played a part in the
lack of reportage, instead claiming it was mostly a product of
"Scottish blindness". In preference to reporting the verdict the
organisation found the time to report the opening of a new arts centre in
Gateshead in its running order. [21]
The BBC again faced criticisms for its failure to cover the second
trial in its main bulletins, waiting until day 18 to mention the issue
and Peter Horrocks of the BBC apologised for the organisation's further
failings. [22]
However, Peter Fahy, spokesman of race issues for the Association of Chief
Police Officers,
noted that the media as a whole tended to under-report the racist
murders of white people, stating "it was a fact that it was harder to
get the media interested where murder victims were young white men".[23]
The British National Party were accused by Scotland's First Minister and Labour
Party MSP Jack McConnell among others of seeking to exploit the case for
political advantage, and an open letter signed by MSPs, trades unionists, and
community leaders, condemned the BNP's plans to stage a visit to Pollokshields.
The group did hold a rally in the area, leading to accusations that it was
fuelling racial tension.[24]
Police "political correctness"An article in The Scotsman newspaper alleged a
lack of response by authorities to concerns of rising racial tensions and that
Strathclyde Police
had felt pressured to abandon Operation Gather, an investigation into
Asian gangs in the area, for fear of offending ethnic minorities.[25] On 8
November 2006 Bashir Maan,
a prominent Pakistani Glaswegian, also claimed on BBC television that
police were well aware of the activities of Asian gangs in Glasgow but
were reluctant to take action for fear of being accused of racism.[citation
needed]
In a January 2005 interview with a Scottish newspaper, he had
previously claimed that "fear and intimidation" had allowed problems
with Asian gangs in some parts of the city to go unchecked. The article
also quoted a former senior Strathclyde police officer who criticised "a
culture of political correctness" which had allowed gang crime to "grow
unfettered".[26]
A BBC report suggests that another reason for inaction was lack of
evidence, as locals were more prepared to make complaints than to give
evidence in court.[10]
Some commentators have argued the murder was somewhat mischaracterised
in the media, as well as expressing a doubt that significant ethnic
tensions exist in Pollokshields.[27]
Early release of prisonersThe case drew attention to the issues of prisoners
automatically
being released from prison early when it emerged that one of the
murderers, Shahid, was on early release from a prison sentence at the
time of the killing. He had previously been jailed for two and half
years for a road rage attack but only served nine months of his
sentence.[28]
TributesGlasgow band Glasvegas wrote the song "Flowers And Football Tops"
having been inspired by the tragedy and the likely impact it would have
in the victim's parents. The band dedicated their 2008 Philip Hall
Radar NME award win to Donald's memory.[29][30][31]
A memorial plaque was installed on a bench by the River Clyde in memory of
Donald.[32]
LegacyOne of the most notable impacts of the murder was to force some
people to examine their views of racism and its victims. Commentators
such as Mark Easton cite the racist murders of Donald and also Ross Parker as
demonstrating how society has been forced to redefine racism
and discard the erroneous definition of "prejudice plus power" – a
definition which only allowed ethnic minorities to be victims.[9] Yasmin
Alibhai-Brown
also cited the Donald case when highlighting the lack of concern for
white victims of racist murders. She drew comparisons with high profile
ethnic minority victims, asking whether Donald's murderers were "less
evil than those who killed Stephen Lawrence".
Alibhai-Brown came to the conclusion that treating "some victims as
more worthy of condemnation than others is unforgivable – and a betrayal
of anti-racism itself".[7]
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