Hayley Wells and Kelly WattersonPlymouth based racist Hayley Wells pleaded guilty to racial and religiously aggravated assault at Plymouth Crown Court this morning.

The offences took place in August 2010 after an English Defence League meet and greet turned into drunken violence and a takeaway restaurant was attacked. Staff had to lock the group out after threats were made, abuse shouted and glass and bottles were thrown around the shop which at the time had in it an eight week old baby and a 14 year old child.

Wells left the court in tears after the judge advised he could not guarantee that he would not give her an immediate custodial sentence when she returns for sentencing on 22nd February

Wells' co-defendant, Kelly Watterson, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of affray after getting her religiously aggravated assault charges dropped. Watterson posted the following on her Facebook page after the hearing. "All the racial, religious and assault charges were dropped. Only ended up with a public disorder charge..... Told ya's I was innocent WHOOOOOOP!!!"

Wells has a previous conviction for defrauding Ebay customers out of money after listing non existent iPads for sale.

EDL News, 21 January 2013

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Four employees of the IHOP restaurant chain with a combined 45 years experience claim they were fired in 2010 because of their national origin and their religious beliefs.

The men are Arab and Muslim, and they allege that that was the basis for their termination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agreed, determining there was "reasonable cause" that the men were harassed and terminated because of their national origin.

The men's attorneys filed suit Tuesday against IHOP and Anthraper Investments, which owns the four local franchises involved in Plano, Fort Worth, Arlington and Burleson.

Attorney Jay Ellwanger said the men experienced a hostile work environment for a long time. "I'm Christian; I'm white," Ellwanger said. "I couldn't imagine being fired for my job because that's who I am."

The lawsuit claims the men were all fired despite repeated positive evaluations from supervisors.

"It's shocking that in this day and age we're still going through this, and still fighting this fight," said co-counsel Sara Wyn Kane.

In their lawsuit, the men state that they heard repeated discriminatory remarks from Anthraper Investments owners, such as "Arab men treat women poorly and with disrespect, we're going to let these people go and have new faces coming in."

The lawsuit states that one owner equated Muslims waiting to break the fast during Ramadan to "dogs waiting for their meal."

Kane and Ellwanger will accompany their clients at a rally outside the federal court building on Wednesday morning.

WFAA, 17 April 2012

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