Crimes against Poles in the UK 2007
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January 3rd – Polish Maria Hajduk hurt by dangerous bus driver
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=shattered-dream-of-polish-
coach-crash-survivor&method=full&objectid=18451733&siteid=94762-
name_page.html
January 5th – BBC Police probe 'Polish labour camp'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6235659.stm
January 5th – South London Polish man 'hit with something like
sledgehammer'
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_headline=
p
olish-man--hit-with-something-like-sledgehammer-
&method=full&objectid=18397934&siteid=50100-name_page.html
January 13th – Belfast Telegraph - The truth about Ulster's hate
crimes including Poles
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-
national/article2145912.ece
January 16th – ic Berkshire – Court hears of Pole battered by solider
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm
_headline=drunken-war-hero-brings-shame-on-his-
regiment&method=full&objectid=18450058&siteid=50102-name_page.html
January 19th – Oxford Mail - 2 Polish students were attacked by a mob
in Abingdon. 6 people were arrested.
http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.1133457.0.witness_urged_to_call
_police.php
January 23rd – Belfast Telegraph - Polish immigrants who want to join
police are threaten
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/northwest-
edition/daily/article2178610.ece
January 26th – Hastings Today – Joyrides hospitalise Polish couple
http://www.hastingstoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?
SectionID=479&ArticleID=1998209
January 30th – This is Hampshire - Report on Pole who
suffered "aggravated racial abuse" in Southampton, when attacked by 3
men
February 2nd – Kettering Today - Girls including Poles are forced
into sex trade
http://www.ketteringtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?
SectionID=664&ArticleID=1930628
February 2nd - Portsmouth News - A man arrested by police after the
killing of a Polish student
http://www.thenews.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?
SectionID=455&ArticleID=1801266
February 5th - Gangs use bogus Tesco jobs to lure young Poles to
Britain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2006103,00.html?
gusrc=rss&feed=11
February 7th – Various – Pole, Patryk Mnich, battered and
hospitalized (for 3 months) in race hate attack in Edinburgh
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=race-fear-as-yob-
batters-young-pole&method=full&objectid=18581926&siteid=66633-
name_page.html
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=battered-pole-visit-
&method=full&objectid=18586429&siteid=66633-name_page.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6334855.stm
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=189452007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/633786
3.stm
February 7th – Various - Man accused of murdering Polish student
makes first court appearance
http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=200342007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6335117.stm
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=angelika--bound-and-
gagged--raped--hit-over-head--knifed-and-buried-under------
floorboards--&method=full&objectid=18586681&siteid=66633-
name_page.html
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1172857.0.body_in_chape
l_murder_man_in_court.php
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23384485-
details/Man+in+court+over+murder+of+Polish+student/article.do
February 8th – Stratford Herald – Outcry over illegal hostel for
Polish workers
http://www.stratford-herald.co.uk/mainstory.php?ID=967
February 9th – This Is London – Polish man, 95, is robbed by
teenagers and girl, 5
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23384965-details/Man,%
2095,%20is%20robbed%20by%20teenagers%20and%20girl,%205/article.do
February 10th – Wigan Online – Poles living here in misery
http://www.wiganonline.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?
articleid=2041177§ionid=66
February 12th – BBC - Man accused of murdering Polish accountant
appears in court
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6353803.stm
February 13th – Wanstead and Wood Guardian – Police Seek Help in
Polish Murder Enquiry
http://www.wansteadandwoodfordguardian.co.uk/display.var.1190497.0.po
lice_seek_help_in_murder_enquiry.php
February 21st –Inside Housing - Polish migrants are being confronted
by a new type of racism
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448666
February 23rd - ic Berkshire - Cruel racket that leaves Poles
penniless
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm_
headline=cruel-racket-that-leaves-poles-
penniless&method=full&objectid=18661316&siteid=50102-name_page.html
February 25th – BBC Hampshire - 3 Polish men beaten in "unprovoked
attack" in Basingstoke. 16 people arrested.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/6395099.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6397061.stm
February 27th – Milton Keynes Citizen – Polish birthdays marred by
death tragedies
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?
SectionID=415&ArticleID=2081145
March 6th – BBC - TV appeal by murder inquiry team of young Polish
woman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6416867.stm
March 7th – Northern Echo - Polish taxi driver racially abused and
beaten in Bishop Auckland.
March 11th – Wrexham Evening Leader - Flintshire Council decides to
clean up anti-Polish and anti-Semitic graffiti on Shotton Railway
Bridge
http://www.flintshirestandard.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?
sectionid=5263&articleid=2117312
March 13th – EDP - Fears over migrant exploitation
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?
brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=N
OED12%20Mar%202007%2021%3A14%3A39%3A753
March 15th – Spalding Today - Migrants are high on BNP's agenda
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?
SectionID=829&ArticleID=2122051
March 15th – BBC - Crackdown on anti-Polish graffiti
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6453673.stm
March 15th – Evening Leader - Outrage over race hate
http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?
ArticleID=2120797&SectionID=5263
March 15th – Wanstead and Wood Guardian - Man arrested in Polish
murder investigation
http://www.wansteadandwoodfordguardian.co.uk/display.var.1263853.0.bre
aking_news_man_arrested_in_murder_investigation.php
March 20th – Redditch Advertiser - Gang of 4 men attack Pole with
baseball bat causing local employer to complain that this is one
among many racist incidents against Poles
March 20th – Cambridge Time - Gangmasters threaten violence against
migrant workers
http://www.cambs-times.co.uk/content/cambstimes/news/story.aspx?
brand=CATOnline&category=NewsBoth&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsCAT&ite
mid=WEED19%20Mar%202007%2016%3A39%3A23%3A750
March 20th – This is Buckingshire - War vet threatened with eviction
http://www.thisisbucks.co.uk/display.var.1271402.0.war_vet_threatened
_with_eviction.php
March 21st – Redditch Advertiser - Polish woman fears for her life
http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/ranewslatest/display.var.1272
648.0.polish_woman_fears_for_her_life.php
March 21st – Redditch Advertiser - Boss hits at race attacks against
Pole
http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/ranewslatest/display.var.1272
645.0.boss_hits_at_race_attacks.php
March 22nd – BBC - Poles 'being attacked by racists'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6479451.stm
March 23rd – BBC – Polish Student Angelika murder trial under way
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6484589.stm
March 23rd – Yorkshire Today - Action targets migrant workers
including Poles receive adequate support
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?
sectionid=1084&articleid=2144080
March 24th – Scotsman - Murder charge man admits having sex with
Polish student
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=456752007
March 24th – Scarborough Today - Polish dad in shock at arrest as
completely innocent
http://www.scarboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?
ArticleID=2146543&SectionID=800
March 25th to 31st – Various – More about murder of Polish Student
Angelika Kluk
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=456752007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6484589.stm
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=angelika-agreed-to-sex--
&method=full&objectid=18801114&siteid=66633-name_page.html
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1283681.0.0.php
http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=polish-
student-murder-trial-
begins&method=full&objectid=18800287&siteid=50141-name_page.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6495207.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6502647.stm
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=priest-had-sex-with-
angelika--&method=full&objectid=18831260&siteid=66633-name_page.html
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=499452007
March 27th – Breaking News - 10-year sentence for man who raped young
Polish woman
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=214475034&p=zy447574x
March 28th – Wiltshire Times - A ROAD sign welcoming people to
Trowbridge has been vandalised with anti-Polish graffiti
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.12925
08.0.welcome_sign_graffiti_slammed.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/6506347.stm
March 31st – News 24 - Polish girls 'too pretty'
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,9294,2-10-
1462_2091814,00.html
March 31st – Pendle Today - `Racist' slur over homes for Polish
immigrants
http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?
SectionID=13&ArticleID=2191499
April 1st to 30th – Various – More about murder of Polish Student
Angelika Kluk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6518097.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6525893.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6530199.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/04/06/npriest06.xml
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=528642007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2051518,00.html
http://icwestlothian.icnetwork.co.uk/news/nationalnews/nationalnews/tm
_h
eadline=man--seen-near-where-body-found-
&method=full&objectid=18885605&siteid=92284-name_page.html
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1322714.0.0.php
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1321409.0.lawyer_lashes
_police_probe_into_missing_angelika.php
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=560732007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6541049.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6549119.stm
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1321409.0.lawyer_lashes
_police_probe_into_missing_angelika.php
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=565412007
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1326282.0.0.php
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=accused-found-in-
cupboard--&method=full&objectid=18897594&siteid=66633-name_page.html
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1325177.0.priest_lied_t
o_friend_over_the_day_that_angelika_died.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6563989.stm
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1333844.0.angelika_was_
stabbed_16_times_in_chest.php
http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=591912007
http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=court-
shown--how-angelika-dumped-
&method=full&objectid=18918072&siteid=50141-name_page.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6608307.s
tm
April 3rd – The Sun - Poles not welcome in Llanelli
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article23980.ece#haveYourSay
April 5th – BNP – Poles not helping Llanelli
http://www.bnp.org.uk/reg_showarticle.php?contentID=2353
April 8th – Sunday Mail – Poles conned by Scottish Brothers
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=brothers-may-face-trial-
over-polish-con--&method=full&objectid=18875062&siteid=64736-
name_page.html
April 9th – N.W.E Mail – Police investigating a race attack on 2
Poles by gang of 10
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=485845
April 11th – Get Reading. Driver in Reading argues with Poles, then
drove car at them.
April 12 – BBC - 15-year-old Polish girl believed to have run away
with a 33-year-old man
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6547619.stm
April 15th – This is Hampshire. 2 Polish hurt in racial attack in
Southampton
http://www.thisishampshire.net/mostpopular.var.1329422.mostviewed.two_
injured_in_early_morning_racial_attack_in_city_centre.php
April 17th – BBC - Man denies murdering Polish woman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6561317.stm
April 21st – Redditch Advertiser - Polish victim of a gang assault
convinced it was racist
http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/ranewslatest/display.var.1336
167.0.assault_was_racial_victim.php
April 22nd – BBC - Man stabbed with broken bottle apparently because
thought to be Polish.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6568271.stm
April 23rd – Sunday Mail - Celtic Star saves pregnant woman Magda
Kucho from 3 racist thugs
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=exclusive--celtic-star-s-
thug-fury&method=full&objectid=18942870&siteid=64736-name_page.html
April 24th – Kent News - Polish bakery in Sevenoaks to close after
repeated attacks by thugs smashing window shop front and calling
out "Polish bastards"
April 29th – STV - Police investigate attack on Polish man
http://www.stv.tv/content/news/main/display.html?
id=opencms:/archive/news/20070205/Police_investigate_attack_on_Polish_
man
May 1st to 31st – Various – More about murder of Polish Student
Angelika Kluk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6623821.stm
http://www.theherald.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1379357.mostviewed.polish_t
own_with_fond_memories_of_a_lost_daughter.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6623821.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6607703.stm
http://www.theherald.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1379357.mostviewed.polish_t
own_with_fond_memories_of_a_lost_daughter.php
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/05/05/nkluk05.xml
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1379980.0.ange
lika_facts_as_brutal_as_fiction.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6629481.stm
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2073570,00.html
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=700972007
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=701102007
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=700902007
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=700932007
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=a-husband-from-
hell&method=full&objectid=19052571&siteid=64736-name_page.html
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=angelika---the-
priest&method=full&objectid=19053809&siteid=64736-name_page.html
http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=angelika-s-killer-faces-
vicky-quiz--&method=full&objectid=19052989&siteid=93463-name_page.html
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=701052007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2516745.ece
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1379979.0.prie
sts_confessions_add_to_shock_felt_by_parishioners.php
May 1st – 24dash.com - Polish woman racially abused at Streatham
railway station
http://www.24dash.com/communities/19976.htm
May 1st – BBC – Polish contractor dies as two men held on suspicion
of
manslaughter by gross negligence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6611019.stm
May 5th – ic Wales – BNP criticize Poles being in country
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_method=full%
26objectid=19048192%26siteid=50082-name_page.html
May 8th – This is Dorset - Polish motorcyclist killed in crash
http://www.thisisdorset.net/mostpopular.var.1381515.mostviewed.polish_
motorcyclist_killed_in_crash.php
May 14th – Scotsman - Polish fisherman found dead in harbour
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=743272007
May 15th – Scotsman - Exploited and abused Polish sisters win £16,000
for hotel ordeal
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=749152007
May 15th – BBC – Polish man mugged while eating in street
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6658343.stm
May 20th – Lifestyle Extra - Pole nearly killed in a pub in Leyton
after sandwich board smashed over his head
May 21st – EDP 24 - Gang escape jail over brutal attack on Two Poles
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?
brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=N
OED21%20May%202007%2017:00:27:113
May 23rd – BBC - Banana firm 'exploits migrants' with Polish woman
who says she miscarried because of her duties
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6682689.stm
May 23rd – Telegraph and Mirror - Police condemn freedom
for 'ferocious thugs' on Poles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/05/23/nyouth23.xml
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=kick-gang-jail-
let-off--&method=full&objectid=19168068&siteid=89520-name_page.html
May 24th – East Anglican Daily News - Court session on 6 youths
assaulting and abusing 2 Poles in Kings Lynn. Action took nearly 10
minutes – caught on CCTV. Outcry from police when guilty youths did
not get custodial sentences.
June 2nd – This is Wiltshire. Pole died after an assault
http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2007/6/2/321404.html
June 8th – BBC NI - Arsonist is jailed for five years for burning
down a house occupied by seven Polish people
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6735015.stm
June 16th – Lynn News - Pole leader slams assaults sentence
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news?articleid=2955429
June 18th – ic Liverpool - Girl burned alive was Polish beauty
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_hea
dline=girl-burned-alive-was-polish-
beauty&method=full&objectid=19304404&siteid=50061-name_page.html
June 20th – Evening Leader - Stop this race crime shame
http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news?articleid=2964291
June 27th – Various - Polish Girl's Killer Remains At Large
http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?
story=TQ2739021L&news_headline=polish_girls_killer_remains_at_large
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6245418.stm
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm_
headline=mystery-of-murdered-model-still-
unsolved&method=full&objectid=19378978&siteid=50102-name_page.html
June 27th – Edinburgh News - Attacks on Poles blamed for rise in hate
crimes
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1004442007
July 1st – The Argus – Man questioned over the murder of his Polish
wife
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1502973.0.man_qui
zzed_after_wifes_body_found_in_garden.php
July 2nd – BBC - Man accused of burning a young Polish woman alive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6260898.stm
July 4th – Guardian - violent killer of Pole still at large
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/display.var.1514656.0.0.php
July 4th – BBC - Jealous boyfriend killed his Polish lover
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6266720.stmx
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?
sectionid=545&articleid=3010696
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/bed-news?articleid=3010696
July 6th – This is Swindon - Two teenagers admitted beating up a
Polish man, who later died are spared prison
http://www.thisisswindon.co.uk/display.var.1524155.0.assault_pair_are
_spared_prison.php
July 8th – Polski Radio - London marks 2nd anniversary of 07/07/05
including 3 Polish deaths
http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/gb/dokument.aspx?iid=55109
July 9th – Avon and Somerset – Polish woman was the victim of an
indecent assault.
http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/NewsDetails.aspx?
nsid=9247&t=1&lid=1
July 12th – Edinburgh News - Probe as landlords accused of exploiting
Poles
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1080642007&format=print
July 17th – Somerset County Gazette - Polish man stabbed & second
Pole assaulted.
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/display.var.1547086.0.stabbing_
leads_to_police_appeal.php
July 19th – Herts Advertiser - Police say they are still looking for
witnesses on attack on 2 Poles by 5 Asians in St Albans in February
July 20th – BBC News - 2 teenagers in Wisbech given detention orders
for attacking 2 Poles in December while shouting "This should get you
of our country."
July 25th – BBC – 10 teenagers plead guilty to assault on 2 Poles in
Wisbech
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/6907308.stm
July 27th – BBC - Boyfriend jailed for lake murder of Polish woman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6915722.stm
July 27th – Mirror - Falcon crane collapsed
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/investigates/2007/07/26/bosses-must-not-
get-away-with-this-89520-19522935/
July 31st – BBC Scotland - 11 year Polish boy kicked and punched by 2
teenagers in what Aberdeen Police believe was a racist attack.
August 7th – Evening Leader - Polish man stabbed to death by a
Scotsman in a Wrexham pub. Racist incident not ruled out.
August 9th – BBC Hereford - 2 Poles assaulted by 3 thugs near
Redditch in "racially
aggravated" attack causing police to set up special patrols.
August 9th – Cotswold Journal - Brawl in pub after racial abuse of a
Polish barman near Gloucester.
August 9th – BBC - Arrest following racial assault on two poles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6938710.stm
August 11th – Business Times Online - Union takes on Domino's Pizza
over `exploited' foreign workers
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/indus
trials/article2237495.ece
August 13th - Various - Motorway combed for biker shooting clue who
was with Polish friends
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2147828,00.html?
gusrc=rss&feed=11
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23408138-details/Hell's%
20Angel%20trailed%20for%20five%20miles%20before%20being%20shot%20in%
20the%20back%20of%20the%20head/article.do
August 14th - Detectives investigating the death of a Polish woman
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/icormskirk/news/tm_headli
ne=witness-appeal&method=full&objectid=19589297&siteid=60252-
name_page.html
August 14th - Arrests made following racial attack on two Poles
http://redditch.standardtoday.co.uk/News.tvt?
_ticket=3B8648HRQGSGX237CAMAAQ6FCLKACK3URGQFIR0CAN0EIMPCDI1HUQRFLZ9KM
MTEDYLABHSI7SUEIOPNCNSEANYECGSGW45MHONCNV1DALOL6Z5FURUSNNNADYN1WKLAFU
RGUXSEIOUD9NTLDKLAIMRGUYVEIOQL1&_scope=Flow/Websites/Redditch/News&id
=18683
August 15th – Tottenham Journal -Body of the man, believed to be of
Polish origin, was found in
rough parkland
http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/n
ews/story.aspx?
brand=HCEJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newstwg
j&itemid=WeED15%20Aug%202007%2015%3A50%3A00%3A523
August 16th – BBC - Polish Lorry driver kidnapped by robbers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6948563.stm
August 16th – Denbighshire Free Press - 2 men from Corwen accused of
attacking Polish worker in a pub toilet in Mold
August 17th – Evening Leader - Four men charged with robbing a Polish
national http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news?articleid=3119688
August 18th – ic Wales - Sainsbury investigates claims Polish
workers who clean its stores not been paid for nearly three months.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0300business/0100news/tm_headline=tuc-
8217-s-soup-kitchen-plan-for-poles%26method=full%26objectid=19654182%
26siteid=50082-name_page.html
August 22nd – BBC - Migrants like 'modern day slaves
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6958176.stm
August 23rd – BBC - Metropolitan Police employee in court charged in
connection with the death of a Polish man in custody.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6960462.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6979796.stm
August 23rd – BBC - Body could be missing Polish man
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6958594.stm
August 23rd – Denbighshire Free Press - Two men plead guilty to
wounding Polish worker
http://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/Two-men-plead-guilty-
to.3116630.jp
August 24th – Ham High - Polish student was knocked over by a car
crossing road
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx?
brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCatego
ry=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED24%20Aug%202007%2011%3A09%3A01%3A933
August 24th – BBC - Racist graffiti targeting Polish people
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/6962067.stm
August 24th – Hereford Times – Two Polish men attacked in Leominster
town
centre.http://www.herefordtimes.com/mostpopular.var.1642023.mostviewed
.polis
h_men_attacked_in_leominster.php
August 25th – British shopping giant attacked over Polish working
practices
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5596
August 26th – Sunday Mail Security guard jailed for faking £300K
stick-up as blaming Polish thieves
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=white-van-
bandido&method=full&objectid=19688757&siteid=64736-name_page.html
August 31st – BBC - Thieves steal cargo of underpants from Polish
lorry driver
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/69717
6
5.stm
September 4th – BBC - Ex-goalkeeper jailed for assault on Pole
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6977747.stm
September 4th – BBC - Thousands of Polish workers are exploited at
work
http://www.4rfv.co.uk/nationalnews.asp?id=65385
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6977500.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6593469.stm
September 5th – Kent BBC - Polish group assaulted in field
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/6979817.stm
September 5th – Muslim Weekly - Man tried to rape a 15-year-old
Polish youngster
http://www.themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?
NewsID=ADD53DE67FE5DCB65E871C85&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News
September 6th – This is Hampshire. Racially motivated attack on a 4
Polish people in Andover.
http://www.thisishampshire.net/display.var.1668421.0.police_probe_raci
st_attack.php
September 11th – BBC Hereford - 3 Polish men racially abused and
attacked in Hereford Town Centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6988943.stm
September 12th – BBC - Driver due to answer bail on 1 Oct after Pole
hurt in crash
September 19th - Pregnant Polish woman was forced into heavy physical
labour without respite until she miscarried.
http://www.alibhai-brown.com/archive/article.php?id=117
September 20th – ic West Lothian - Poles lured to Scotland in job scam
http://icwestlothian.icnetwork.co.uk/news/nationalnews/nationalnews/tm
_
headline=poles-lured-to-scotland-in-job-
scam&method=full&objectid=19820855&siteid=92284-name_page.html
September 25th - Peterborough Today - Polish man who died after being
stabbed
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Girlfriend39s-tribute-to-stab-
victim.3228768.jp
September 25th – ic Wales - Polish national required two operations
to remove shrapnel from her stomach and hand after letter bombs
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=caretak
er-accused-over-dvla-letter-bombs%26method=full%26objectid=19843314%
26siteid=50082-name_page.html
September 26th – Peterborough Today - Inquest following death of
Polish man
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Inquest-opens-after-Wisbech-
death.3235426.jp
September 27th – Evening News - Man spared jail for part in mob
violence against Polish workers
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?
brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOE
D27%20Sep%202007%2009%3A09%3A56%3A980
September 27th – Daily Star - FOREIGN RAPISTS SWAMP BRITAIN
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/16521/Foreign-rapists-swamp-
Britain/
September 27th – Boston Standard – Polish boy robbed by gang
http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/Gang-attacks-Boston-
boy.3241176.jp
September 28th – Wisbech Standard - Pakistani shop owner and Polish
assistant beaten up by 30 strong mob after displaying Union Jack on a
shop front. Participants described their activity as "fozzie bashing".
September 29th – Times on Line - School becomes focus of a racial feud
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article25404
61.ece
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/20542/UK-racial-tension-spilling-
over-outside-our-schools
September 28th – Guardian - Underpaid, easy to sack: UK's second
class workforce
http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/story/0,,2175750,00.html
September 28th – False claims that Poles attacked man
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2007/09/22/man-dead-
in-street-not-beating-victim-55578-19827935/
September 29th - Restaurant owner jailed for three years after death
crash killing Pole
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/journalnewsindex/display.var.1
722862.0.restaurant_owner_jailed_for_three_years_after_death_crash.ph
p
September 29th – Wisbech Standard - Living in fear - Polish member of
staff was also punched and kicked in the attack,
http://www.wisbech-standard.co.uk/content/wisbech/news/story.aspx?
brand=CATOnline&category=NewsWisbech&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsWIS
&itemid=WEED28%20Sep%202007%2012%3A23%3A26%3A873
September 30th – BNP - EU expansion brings sex slaves to rural Britain
http://www.bnp.org.uk/reg_showarticle.php?contentID=2719
September 30th – This is London - MPs fear C4 documentary on the cost
of immigrants will fuel race hatred
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23414382-details/MPs%
20fear%20C4%20documentary%20on%20the%20cost%20of%20immigrants%20will%
20fuel%20race%20hatred/article.do
September 30th – ic Wales – Claims against Polish bouncers doing
their job
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0900entertainment/0050artsnews/tm_head
line=phonic-s-bust-up-almost-wrecked-
career&method=full&objectid=19868987&siteid=50082-name_page.html
October 1st – BBC - Bid to cut 'new strand' of racism as eastern
Europeans being subjected to
racial abuse in the workplace and in public.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7021631.stm
October 2nd – Various - 14-year-old girl was murdered in a "brutal
attack" http://www.24dash.com/communities/28217.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7026509.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7029316.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7041955.stm
October 3rd – ic Harrow - Polish Woman killed in crossfire named
http://icharrow.icnetwork.co.uk/news/tm_headline=woman-killed-in-
crossfire-named&method=full&objectid=19890543&siteid=106484-
name_page.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7027244.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7027244.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7052048.stm
October 7th – Observer - Polish migrants flee violent Britain
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2185320,00.html
October 10th – BBC - Boy charged in gun death inquiry of Polish care
worker
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7034923.stm
October 10th – Yorkshire Evening Post – Man accused of raping a young
Polish woman
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-39can39t-remember-
having-sex39.3366940.jp
October 10th – This is Dorset - Polish woman recovering after robbed
at knifepoint
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1744985.0.polish_teens_knife_
ordeal.php
October 11th – Wiltshire Times - Polish national attacked by a gang
of 4 in Westbury and struck with broken bottle.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/warminsternews/display.var.17511
94.0.cctv_praise_after_attack_drama.php
October 12th – BNP - Beware false prophets
http://www.bnp.org.uk/reg_showarticle.php?contentID=2764
October 16th – Tyrone Times - Polish family in Moygashel, NI, defiant
in staying home after what police are treating as a racially
motivated attack.
http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/news/Family-remain-defiant-after-
attack.3381018.jp
October 17th – Wanstead and Woofford Guardian -Poles in Waltham
Forest are less likely to have had violence and racism directed at
them than those in other, more rural, areas of the country, according
to a researcher.
http://www.wansteadandwoodfordguardian.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1755566.m
ostcommented.poles_feel_safer_in_waltham_forest.php
October 18th – BBC - Teenager held over Polish woman's murder
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7050488.stm
October 21st – Belfast Telegraph – Polish ESB workers not paid for up
to six weeks
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-
news/ireland/article3079819.ece
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?
j=235366280&p=z35366986&n=235367040
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-
news/ireland/article3102501.ece
October 23rd – Recruiter Magazine -CRB Recruitment of Southport has
lost its Gangmaster Licence
http://www.recruitermagazine.co.uk/Articles/335267/Gangmaster+Licence
.html
October 23rd – News and Star - Migrant abuse shames county
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/opinion/viewarticle.aspx?id=556345
October 23rd – News and Star - Workers exploited
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=556315
October 24th – BBC - Two arrested over fireball death of Pole
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7059545.stm
October 25th – This is Cheshire - Thugs battered young Pole after day
of drinking
http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.1785410.0.thugs_battered_
young_pole_after_day_of_drinking.php
October 25th – This is London – BBC has £18 million for new digital
Gaelic for just 92,000 speakers but no programmes for million Polish
speakers
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23418145-details/'Cost%
20cutting'%20BBC%20creates%20%C3%82%C2%A318m%20service%20for%
20audience%20of%2092,000/article.do
October 25th – ic Sefton and West Lancs - Council accused
of `tokenism' as no Polish language documents
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/icskelmersdale/news/tm_he
adline=council-accused-of-8216-tokenism-
8217&method=full&objectid=20002525&siteid=60252-name_page.html
October 25th – Yorkshire Post –Police identified young woman brutally
murdered in a Leeds alleyway as a Polish teenager
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Leeds-murder-victim-was-
new.3418519.jp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7065402.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7067910.stm
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Captured-on-video-Final-
movements.3423621.jp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7070629.stm
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Lidia-murder-charge-man-
in.3440001.jp
October 25th – Bolton News – Polish Woman punched in street robbery
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1781005.0.woman_punched_in
_street_robbery.php
October 26th – BBC - Man is jailed over racist attack on Polish
workers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7064223.stm
October 26th – Ham & High - Polish music fans emerging from a concert
are taunted and beaten up by gang in Tufnell Park.
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx?
brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCatego
ry=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED26%20Oct%202007%2011%3A50%3A02%3A060
October 27th – Telegraph – A starving Polish man who was held as a
slave has been freed by police
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/10/27/nslave127.xml
October 28th – BBC NI - Robert Spence gets 6 years for "clearly a
racially motivated attack" on a house in Belfast after he had beaten
a Pole over the head with a baton in 2006 following a burglary.
November 1st – The Argus - Polish brothers turned on attackers
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1799925.0.polish_
brothers_turned_on_attackers.php
November 1st – Scotsman – Man killed as he exchanged details with
another motorist.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1744272007
November 1st – ic sefton and west lancs - Monika Szmecht murder in
Rainford: Two charged
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/icormskirk/news/tm_headlin
e=monika-szmecht-murder-in-rainford-two-
charged&method=full&objectid=20039712&siteid=60252-name_page.html
November 1st – Polish Express - Racist thugs condemned for weekend
attacks on home
http://www.polishexpress.co.uk/en/newspaper.aspx?more=5
November 1st – Southern Reporter - Councillor hits back in row
over 'inappropriate language
http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/Councillor-hits-back-in-
row.3432690.jp
November 4th – BBC - Health and Safety Executive has been informed of
Polish Man death
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7077511.stm
November 7th – BBC – overcrowded housing is raided
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7082751.stm
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?
nodeId=181505&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231723&home=yes&more_n
odeId1=151458&contentPK=18907453
November 7th – Gloucester Echo - Report that streets in town centre
are too dangerous for Poles at night.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?
nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231754&home=yes&more_n
odeId1=231776&contentPK=18890685
November 8th – Basingstoke Gazette - Court jails gang of thugs
who "acted like a pack of animals" when beating up 3 Poles in
Basingstoke Town Centre.
http://www.thisisbasingstoke.co.uk/display.var.1818711.0.pack_of_anima
l
s_locked_up.php
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/video/gazettevideo/index.var.
9
079.0.0.php
November 10th – Richmond & Twickenham Times - Two men with gun abused
Polish man after they got of bus
http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.va
r.1822307.0.police_hunt_attackers_on_bus_who_had_a_gun.php
November 11th – This is Plymouth - Police are hunting a gang of
teenage thugs who attacked two Polish men
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?
nodeId=133464&command=displayContent&sourceNode=133158&contentPK=1890
5989&folderPk=78031&pNodeId=133174
November 12th - Gazette and Herald - Dead man maybe Polish and death
is under police investigation
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1826610.
0.dead_mam_may_have_been_polish_say_police.php
November 12th – South Yorhshire Police – Polish man death continue to
seek evidence
http://southyorks.police.uk/news/details.php?id=5511
November 13th – Liverpool Echo - 3 men will stand trial accused of
murdering a Polish waitress.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-
news/2007/11/13/three-men-face-trial-for-murder-of-polish-waitress-
100252-20099094/
November 14th – Peter Borough today - Poles con out of money
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/If-something-sounds-too-
good.3486761.jp
November 14th – Man arrested suspicion of causing death by dangerous
driving after Polish death
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/latest-east-midlands-news/Workers-
killed-in-A52-crash.3487129.jp
November 14th – Daily Record – Polish war hero died as nearby
ambulance crew were having their tea
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2007/11/14/war-hero-
dies-as-999-men-eat-their-tea-86908-20104210/
November 15th – Scotsman - 813 racially-motivated crimes were
committed during 6 months
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1807562007
November 15th – Death crash driver released on bail
http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/UPDATE-Death-crash-driver-
released.3493606.jp
November 15th – Northampton Chronicle. Lithuanian couple receive
extra police protection after their home attacked by mob
chanting "Poles go home".
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Couple-fear-racist-attacks-
on.3493257.jp
November 19th – Moscow Times -Crime and racist attacks have driven
hundreds of Poles to return
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/11/19/003.html
November 19th – BBC - Police investigations into the fatal accident
of Polish Woman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/7100880.stm
November 21st – Evesham Journal – Death of Polish agricultural worker
who was electrocuted in a field in Offenham, near Evesham, will go
before a jury
http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1844717.mostviewed.jur
y_to_decide_inquest_verdict.php
November 21st – ic Wales - Polish are exploited by `vicious' employers
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2007/11/21/polish-
are-exploited-by-vicious-employers-in-wales-91466-20137423/
November 22nd – Guardian – Poles take our jobs, eat our carp and lose
all our £50 notes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2215099,00.html
November 22nd – ic Sefton and west lancs - Desecration horror at
Polish grave vandalism
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/icformby/news/tm_headline=
desecration-horror-at-grave-
vandalism&method=full&objectid=20142358&siteid=60252-name_page.html
November 22nd – ic Sefton and West Lancs - Netherton man appears in
court accused of murdering a Polish woman
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/icbootle/news/tm_headline=
accused-of-murder&method=full&objectid=20142369&siteid=60252-
name_page.html
November 23rd – Morning Advertiser - Union is concerned that young
Polish workers employed in sweatshops
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?articleid=54042
November 26th – Daily Echo - Fighting to stamp out racism
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/display.var.1856862.0.fighting_to_stamp_out
_racism.php
November 27th – Daily Post - Court told that the killing of Adam
Michalski in Wrexham was "partly racially motivated".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7113582.stm
November 27th – York press - immigrants to the UK end up living in
sub-standard housing that has been rejected by local people
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/display.var.1861658.0.0.php
November 28th – ic Wales - Man charged with murdering a Pole by
stabbing him
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/11/28/man-stabbed-
with-baby-s-cake-knife-91466-20171867/
November 30th – This is South Wales - MIGRANTS 'OPEN TO EXPLOITATION'
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?
nodeId=161366&command=displayContent&sourceNode=162951&contentPK=19114
447&folderPk=88498&pNodeId=162956
December 3 – Building UK - Migrants `unaware of safety rights'
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?
sectioncode=29&storycode=3101288&c=0
December 5th - News and Star - MIGRANTS EXPLOITED
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=570712
December 6th – BBC - Man jailed for life for murder of a Polish man
in
a racist attack.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7126870.stm
December 6th – BBC - BBC 'sorry' for Strictly remark about Poles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7131352.stm
December 7th – BBC - Fresh appeal over missing Polish student
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7133153.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7140328.stm
December 10th – Belfast Telegraph - Polish man stabbed in Dungiven by
gatecrasher to a Council sponsored social event for migrants.
December 11th - Two Polish Women stranded on street in net scam
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1929072007
December 12th This is Leicestershire - - Lorry driver who caused
death of young Polish woman has been jailed for 15 months.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?
nodeId=132384&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232710&home=yes&more_n
odeId1=132393&contentPK=19237734
December 14th – Herald - Polish workers exploited at factory
supplying M&S
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1904387.0.This_is_no
t_just_a_demo_its_an_MS_demo.php
December 15th – Lancashire Evening Post. Man struck a Polish woman
security officer in Blackpool after calling her "a Polish cow".
December 16th – News & Star Carlisle – Polish man hospitalized after
attack by 3 thugs in Carlisle Town Centre
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=575490
December 17th –Evening Star - County racist incidents increase
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?
brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=I
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