Race hate schoolgirl punished

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A schoolgirl has been given a youth rehabilitation order after admitting assault and criminal damage then being convicted of racist threats.

The 15-year-old Romanian national, who cannot be named, was found guilty after a trial by Wigan justices of the race hate incident in Leigh on May 3, although she admitted to an attack and causing £30 damage to a pillow in a Wigan Police Station cell. She must participate in indirect reparation for four days and there is £222 to pay in costs.

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