Daniel Ezzedine attack in Canterbury: Margate teenager George Potter who performed Nazi salutes claimed he was dancing
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Updated: 13:04, 26 January 2021
A teenager who performed Nazi salutes at German students moments before his friends unleashed a devastating racial attack has avoided custody.
George Potter, then 17, made the obscene gesture towards Daniel Ezzedineâs group in Canterbury twice, as other gang members prepared for violence.
Emergency services near Whitefriars, Canterbury, in June 2019
Jack Barron then smashed Daniel Ezzedine in the face with a bag likely loaded with bricks, while Luke Fogarolli took a running stamp on the 17-year-oldâs head.
Earlier this month Barron, 17, was sentenced to six years in a young offendersâ institute, and Fogarolli six-and-a-half years - including 12 months for a separate matter of dealing Class A drugs.
Sudden cardiac death: Kent families raise awareness of underlying heart conditions that claim young lives
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Updated: 09:54, 23 January 2021
Few can comprehend the colossal trauma of losing an apparently young, fit and healthy loved one without warning.
But tragically, this is the nightmare bolt from the blue that strikes families every week, when a young person dies as a result of a hidden heart condition.
Parents of young people from Kent who have tragically died due to underlying heart conditions are raising awareness of the issue
Four people from Kent aged in their 20s are among those who have suffered sudden cardiac deaths in recent years, due to underlying heart problems they didn t know they had.
Jack Barron and Luke Fogarolli sentenced for Canterbury gang attack on German student Daniel Ezzedine
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Updated: 16:17, 15 January 2021
Two teenage thugs have together been sentenced to more than 12 years behind bars for leaving a German student brain-damaged in a vicious gang attack.
Jack Barron smashed Daniel Ezzedine in the face with a bag likely loaded with bricks, while Luke Fogarolli took a running stamp on the 17-year-old s head.
Daniel Ezzedine suffered brain damage in the attack
Barron, 17, has now been sentenced to six years in a young offenders institute, and Fogarolli six-and-a-half years - including 12 months for a separate matter of dealing Class A drugs.
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image captionJack Barron (left) and Luke Fogarolli were convicted of the attack in Canterbury
Two teenagers have been sentenced for assaulting a German student who was left with life-changing brain injuries.
Daniel Ezzedine, aged 17, was struck on the head with a heavily-loaded bag in Canterbury, Kent, in June 2019.
Jack Barron, 17, who had been accused at Canterbury Crown Court of filing the bag with bricks, will be detained at a young offenders institution (YOI) for six years.
Luke Fogarolli, 18, will be held for five and a half years.
Barron, of Longbury Drive, Orpington, south-east London, had been found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent and causing violent disorder.
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