A hate crime seven years on

Tomorrow marks the seventh Anniversary of what may well have been the most vicious and brutal racially motivated murders to have ever taken place on British soil. It was a crime involving cruelty which to this day still shocks and a victim who must rank among the most innocent to have suffered in such a way.

Yet it is a crime of which few ever speak and of which many know nothing at all. It was a crime which shamed our nation, not only because of the violence and horror involved, although that must certainly shame all decent men, but more shameful still was the manner in which our leaders and the craven media sought to shy away from it, hide it and pretend it never happened.

The crime of which I speak was the racially motivated torture and murder of 15 year old Scottish school boy Kriss Donald by a group of Asian men

The brutal details of the crime are heart rending. The following comes from an article I wrote in 2008 called “The Lost Boys”.

Kriss Donald died on a cold March day in 2004, on a patch of waste ground, near a walkway, behind Celtic Supporters club in the Pollockshields area of Glasgow, and his last hours on this earth were not kind ones.

As was later described in court, this defenceless, slightly built, 15 year old schoolboy experienced extreme terror and pain, before his young life was snuffed out by the violent men who had randomly selected him as the victim of their ugly racial hatred.

It was Kriss' fatal bad luck that he innocently crossed the path of racially motivated Asian killers Daanish Zahid, Imran Shahid, Zeeshan Shahid, Mohammed Mustaq, and their accomplice Zahid Mohammed (who later told the court that, seeing revenge for some earlier slight by a white person, the gang of thugs drove around the area looking for anyone young and white in order to "chop them up and take their eyes out and stab them"). Kriss was out walking with his friend Jamie Wallace, when a group of Asians leapt out of a Mercedes, attacked them both, dragged Kris into the car, and drove off. As Jamie escaped, he heard one the kidnappers say. "You'll be next".

As he was being driven away, Kriss, who was a mere child, was heard to call out “what have I done? I'm only 15!” and we can only imagine the terror that 15 year old youngster experienced whilst held captive, and presumably threatened and abused, over the following hours while he was taken on a 200 mile journey before being brought back to Glasgow. When his assailants were unable to find a suitable house to take him to, they pulled up on waste land where they would take his life. Dragging their slight and terrified prey out of the car, Kriss's killers beat him, causing internal injuries, including damaged organs and at least one smashed rib, before holding him over a log and stabbing him 13 times, dousing him with petrol, and then whilst he was still alive set him alight before leaving him to burn to death.

Kriss died a terrible death, apart from the internal injuries and stab wounds, his young body suffered 70% burns, and for no reason other than because he was white. It has been established beyond question that Kriss was an entirely innocent victim, chosen randomly because of the colour of his skin.

The racial motive was made quite clear in court when Advocate deputy, Mark Stewart, asked Mohammed, if it was it an Asian boy, a Chinese boy, a black boy they sought? Mohammed replied "A white boy".

There are allegations that Kriss's murder was even more terrible than I have described but even based only on what was revealed in court, Kriss Donald's murder must rank amongst the most cruel and brutal ever to have occurred in Britain, I know of no hate crime to match it for savagery

Yet, whenever our media mention hate crimes, we only ever hear two names, Anthony Walker and Stephen Lawrence, the sole two totem victims of the anti-racist movement, being the victims of white on black violence (or allegedly so in the case of Stephen Lawrence). However, of Kriss Donald there is never a mention.

The Walker and Lawrence killings were awful crimes, but both died swiftly, Walker from a single blow, and Lawrence by two stab wounds, whereas Kriss was terrorised for hours and then tortured and then set alight. It should also be remembered that the racial motive in the Lawrence killing remains alleged, as no one have ever been convicted of his murder.

Our nation has created memorials to Walker and Lawrence. On 2 April 2008, the Crown Prosecution Service announced a legal scholarship in Walker's memory. The scheme will offer one place in CPS Merseyside to a trainee solicitor who wants to become a fully-fledged solicitor or barrister. It is open to any black or ethnic minority person who has secured or intends to apply for a place to study full-time. Meanwhile Stephen Lawrence has been the subject of numerous plays TV dramatisations and documentaries a shining educational center in his name, paid for at tax payer's expense, was constructed in Deptford, and each year the Stephen Lawrence prize for architecture is awarded.

But for Kriss Donald, as with Ross Parker, a 17 year old white youth killed in a racially motivated attack by an Asian gang wielding hammers in Peterborough three years before (and ten days after the twin towers fell), and all the other white victims, no monuments have been constructed, no scholarships awarded and no heart wrenching TV documentaries made.

Our leaders do not mourn them due to the colour of their killers, the media will not celebrate their lives or speak of their potential because they were white

They would have us forget Kriss Donald, pretend he never died or maybe that he never lived. However, though they rule our country they can not rule our hearts, so please, at some point tomorrow, take a moment to remember Kriss and all the other victims of what has been done to us.

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Related Posts

The Lost Boys: http://sarahmaidofalbion.blogspot.com/2008/04/lost-boys.html
White Boys in the Jungle: http://sarahmaidofalbion.blogspot.com/2008/06/white-boys-in-jungle.html
Green Arrow: Where is the Kriss Donald Memorial? http://isupporttheresistance.blogspot.com/2008/06/where-is-kriss-donald-memorial-centre.html
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Hat tip: Mister Fox