DUBAI: A British man who kicked a pregnant Muslim woman in the stomach, causing her to lose her twins, has been sentenced to jail for three years and seven months.
David Gallacher attacked Samsam Haji-Ali, 34, in Buckinghamshire in September 2016.
She was left bleeding on the floor of a car park after the attack and miscarried a few weeks later.
Her husband Abdullah Sulamain, 40, was hit with a wine bottle during the attack and subsequently needed stitches.
In the sentencing this week, Judge Francis Sheridan called Gallacher “a thug and a racist to boot.”
Prosecutor Christopher Wing earlier told the court that Samsam Haji-Ali was seated in her car when Gallacher approached her, saying: “You come here with your clown outfit on, you f***ing people, you are the f***ing problem in this place.”
At the sentencing, the judge said: “This lady’s pregnancy was absolutely fine before she attended that shop and the defendant kicked her again in the stomach having been told she was pregnant.
“There was a racial element to this attack. The defendant is a shabby racist on the language that he used toward this lady.”
Addressing Gallacher, Judge Sheriden said: “It is time you learnt that your vile conduct and abhorrent views are a thing of the past.
“This county will not bow to the views of racists, because decent society demands that intolerance is shown to all racists of any sort, however they chose to express their hatred of others, or dislike of others and the abuse that goes with it.”
Gallacher admitted to two counts of racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm and three counts of assaulting a police officer.
UK man who attacked pregnant Muslim woman sentenced to prison
UK man who attacked pregnant Muslim woman sentenced to prison
