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Good morning all Sun

Even though i blitzed my flat yesterday i feel that i have to do it again today. Do i have OCD??

Anyway, after that i am going into town and out on the lash tonight.

Hope you all have a good'un.

Mwahhh

An Asian man who killed his British National Party activist neighbour in a fight has been jailed for eight years.

Habib Khan, 50, of Stoke-on-Trent, was convicted in May of the manslaughter of 52-year-old Keith Brown who he stabbed with a kitchen knife in July 2007.

The two men had been involved in a long-running dispute over land.

Khan said living for five years next door to Mr Brown had been "hell" and his family had been subjected to "racial hostility" by his neighbours.

Stafford Crown Court was told Khan had killed Mr Brown in a fight outside their homes in Uttoxeter Road, Normacot.

The dispute started when Khan put in a planning application to build a house on his land several years before.

Mr Brown objected to it and when it was granted and work began, he "took steps to obstruct it".

'I think what we've witnessed here is an outrageous betrayal of justice' said Martin Coleman, a local BNP councillor

The court heard that in the incident last July, Khan held a knife against his neighbour "to scare him" when he saw him trying to strangle his son Azir.

A post-mortem examination found Mr Brown died from a single stab wound.

Judge Tonking said: "What became obvious as the evidence unfolded, however, is that from time to time, despite denials to the contrary, both Mr Brown and his son Ashley Barker were involved in acts of racial aggression towards members of Mr Khan's family."

He added that Khan had acted "in the honest belief that he needed to protect his son" but in doing so had killed Mr Brown.

Khan, described by a Muslim colleague as a respected, religious and helpful person, was also found guilty of wounding Mr Brown's son, Ashley Barker, during the fight.

Khan's other son, Kazir Saddique, was sentenced to a year in prison and a year on licence after admitting unlawful wounding but Azir, 24, was found not guilty of wounding.

At a news conference outside the court, Mr Brown's widow Julia said she felt justice had not been done.

She said: "At the end of the day, it should have been murder not manslaughter.

"If he did not have the intention to go out and murder he should not have taken the knife out.

"Everybody feels sorry for that family but what have we been through?"

Local BNP councillor, Martin Coleman, told reporters the party would start a campaign to "expose what has gone on today in court" and said he viewed the case as "insanity and madness".

He added: "It bears no relationship with any form of justice that I understand, can understand recognise or accept.

"We've got a man who has been murdered in the street.

"Someone has ran out into the public street with a knife and murdered a man and the judge says there's literally no case to answer.

"I think what we've witnessed here is an outrageous betrayal of justice."

Khan denied murdering Mr Brown but was convicted of manslaughter on 23 May.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said the investigation into Mr Brown's death had been handled in a "thorough and impartial" way.

In a statement, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the force had had repeated contact with both families during the dispute and investigated complaints made on both sides.

A spokesman said they were unable to substantiate any of the claims made about the way the families were treated by the force but one officer received advice from officials.

Khan's barrister, Simon Drew, said police investigations into the various incidents often "came to nothing" because of "generous failures by the system".

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BBC news

Now i ask you, would the sentence be so lenient if it was the other way around? I personally dont think it would.

This bloke went out into the street with a knife and stabbed a man to death. How can that be simply manslaughter??

Our legal system is a fucking disgrace - and please dont get me wrong, it goes both ways with me.

Any thoughts?

Now I am hoping this link works. It may well fook up on me but this is what my nephew has been up to. BTW it was his Dad who died in January.

http://www.iwcp.co.uk/News/Teens_epic_cycle_aids_research_1.aspx

It's Bobby's birthday today (owner of my local) & I thought I'd wish him a happy birthday.
His full name's Bobby Brown lol

Happy Birthday Bobsta Boobies

It's also Michael Jackson's Birthday.
Happy Birthday Mj.

Hope everyone gets pished & stuff. Thumbup

Morning all.

Today I have not a lot planned. Going to do the housework this afternoon so that I know it will stay clean. Kids go off to Mark's tonight and I am so looking forward to it. Will be nice as we don't have Darren's two either. Or at least I don't think so.

Morning all.

Wow cannot believe another month is almost gone. Shock

Will have to start buying christmas presents soon.

This morning I need to wait for my Iceland shopping and the kids are tidying their rooms.

all. I had a great long sleep as Ryan stayed at my sisters, really really needed that, that's sis. Thumbup

He's off to Legoland today with KCA so I hope the rain stays off.

I'm going out with Natalie at around 10 then enjoying the rest of the day in peace as Ryan won't be back until after 6pm. I just have to organise him being picked up.

http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=1042

Miss Fussy Speller me got 5/10!

Hey Mark, happy birthday to you. Hope you have a good one. I did make you a cake but this bird here attacked it.

Morning all.

Today I am having my smear done. Apart from that nothing else on the menu. Don't want to do much at all. I want a lazy day.

Morning all.

Must do some housework today.

Morning all.

Feeling a little down today. Sad