A teenager pulled a hijab from a woman's head in a racist attack on her in a park. Paige Bain and her aunt Eileen Kennedy assaulted Umaimi Musa as she was sitting with her friend Mary Marandran in Glasgow.

On Monday, Glasgow Sheriff Court heard 16-year-old Bain also attacked Mrs Marandran, who was five months pregnant at the time of the incident in the city's Royston Road.

As Ms Musa and Mrs Marandran were sitting in the park, one of Bain or Kennedy, 28, uttered racist phrases towards them, including "f****** black African" and "f****** brings you to this country?"

The incident was captured on CCTV which was shown to the court, while the camera operator alerted police to the attack on September 3, 2012.

Sheriff Kenneth Mitchell sentenced Bain to two years and eight months in detention, while Kennedy was earlier jailed for two years and six days.

Bain, who was 15 at the time of the attack, and Kennedy pled guilty to racially assaulting 41-year-old Ms Musa to her injury. Kennedy also admitted resisting arrest and claiming she had an infection before spitting on a police officer. Bain pled guilty to the racially aggravated assault on Mrs Marandran, 40, by repeatedly punching her on the head and pushing her to her injury.

STV, 21 January 2013

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A French Muslim teenager who was arrested for wearing a full Islamic veil has been sent to prison for two months after being convicted of biting a policewoman.

Louise-Marie Suisse, 18, was stopped by two police officers near a mosque in the centre of Marseille in late July. She was wearing a full-face veil, in breach of a ban introduced last year, and refused to cooperate with the police when asked to produce identity papers, her trial was told.

The teenager, who admitted biting one of the officers in the ensuing altercation, was given a six-month jail sentence with four suspended. The judge went further than the prosecutor who had demanded a six-month suspended sentence.

Suisse turned up for the hearing in a full-body black niqab but with her face uncovered.

France has outraged many Muslims with its law against full veils, which came into force in April 2011 and bans covering one's face in public.

Violations are punishable by a fine of up to 150 euros ($187) or mandatory citizenship training.

AFP, 20 September 2012

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A teenager who had just left a mosque was punched in the face by a thief who stole her handbag. The 17-year-old has been left with a suspected fractured eye socket, swelling and bruising to her face after the incident on Saturday.

At the time the girl was wearing full Asian dress including a veil. She described the experience as "terrifying".

The victim, who wshes to remain anonymous, said: "I was walking towards the bus stop after attending the Tauheedar mosque. As I got on to Eanam I passed a lad sat in a bus stop but didn't really think anything of it.

"Not long after I passed him I reached the canal bridge and all of a sudden I was aware of someone running towards me. Before I could turn round I felt a punch to the face and my handbag was snatched. I was so scared. Luckily a taxi stopped and a woman got out to help me call the police."

The student from Accrington was taken to hospital shortly after the incident at 12.30pm. Doctors suspect she has a fractured eye socket but cannot tell the full extent of her injuries until the swelling and bruising goes down.

A police spokesman said: "This was a vicious attack on a vulnerable woman walking alone. I appeal for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area on Saturday lunchtime to call us on 101." The attacker is described as 5ft 7ins tall, of skinny build and wearing casual clothing.

This is Lancashire, 11 September 2012

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