Published:
2:41 PM January 9, 2021
Updated:
2:55 PM January 9, 2021
Stand Up to Racism in Lowestoft held a protest on Rotterdam Road after a man in his 40s was racially assaulted earlier this year
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Employees at a Lowestoft kebab shop with a predominantly Turkish workforce have said they face racism almost daily as their most prolific abuser was convicted for hate crime.
Kings Kebab Shop in London Road South, Lowestoft
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The court heard that Burlingham made staff uncomfortable with insults such as go back to your own country , and show me your passport , with one employee s victim impact statement revealing they no longer wanted to come into work because of him.
Staff at Kings Kebab & Pizza in Lowestoft were subjected to racist abuse by Burlingham regularly
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A man who harassed his neighbour and hurled racist abuse towards staff at a nearby kebab shop was spared prison after revealing he has 17 children who depend on him.
Robert Burlingham, 54, of London Road South, Lowestoft, was sentenced at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court on January 6 over two incidents of racially aggravated intentional harassment on June 5 and June 9, 2020.
He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
Stacie Cossey, prosecuting, said: On June 9, at 4.45pm, Mr Burlingham s neighbour called the police claiming he was swearing and being verbally abusive while standing on the steps of the Kings Kebab shop on Lowestoft Road South.