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Racist Attack On Co Antrim Couple
Swastikas and racist slogans have been smeared on a home in Co Antrim, where a taxi driver and his African wife live.
Paul Morton, who has lived in Portballintrae for the past three years, has only been married since July.
His wife, Lungile Tiny, originally from Zimbabwe, attends nursing college in Dublin.
Mr Morton's car was also damaged in the incident with paint stripper.
Ulster Unionist Councillor Norman Hillis described those responsible as "sick and twisted".
Mr Hillis said: “These hate-mongers have caused distress and hardship with their sinister attack which is a throwback to darker times."
Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
(LC/SP)
Paul Morton, who has lived in Portballintrae for the past three years, has only been married since July.
His wife, Lungile Tiny, originally from Zimbabwe, attends nursing college in Dublin.
Mr Morton's car was also damaged in the incident with paint stripper.
Ulster Unionist Councillor Norman Hillis described those responsible as "sick and twisted".
Mr Hillis said: “These hate-mongers have caused distress and hardship with their sinister attack which is a throwback to darker times."
Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
(LC/SP)
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