By Edward Trower-
London terrorist hero, Roy Larner, may be hauled back to court for the third time, after the assault victim of his racist rant was left disappointed by his last soft touch by Magistrates. The appeal is being made a year after Larner was hailed a hero for his brave intervention against evil terrorists who put the nation into mourning after a horrendous attack against civilians who were out having a good Saturday’s night.
Video footage of Larner in a racist rant was later revealed and circulated in the media, but no action was taken against him. After The Eye Of Media.Com contacted the London Metropolitan police to push for a prosecution, Larner was eventually prosecuted and given a light suspended sentence of 8 weeks. Considered too week, The Eye Of Media.Com then contacted the Ministry of justice to request a review, which took place on May 17th, just two days before the Royal Wedding. This publication was not informed that our request for a review had been granted, until Photographer Paul Iwala contacted The Eye Of Media.Com at the last minute to inform us about the review.
Some sources told The Eye Of Media.Com that the date was too close to the Royal wedding, and was bad time for any rigorous review. When the review took place, only the aspect of aggravated religious hatred was addressed, leading a mere £50 fine.
Yesterday, Sunday, was the anniversary of the London Bridge terrorist attack, and Larner has been reflecting on the haunting memories of his experience. Larner yesterday told The Sun newspaper that he was still being affected by the trauma. He spoke of insufficient counselling to help him get through the trauma. He also said he could no longer attend Millwall football matches, because the terrorist incident made it difficult for him to deal with crowds.
”I can still hear the gunfire in my head at times. It still bothers me. Even with the thunder the other night, it all came back.“Silly things like that take me back.”
He added: “I stopped going to Millwall last year because it was just too much for me with big crowds. I did go back a bit towards the end of this season though.
“But if I have a bad day I just have to take myself out of it.”
His experience of being in the vicinity of terrorists must have been overwhelming, and his actions were quite heroic. However, as he reflects on those moments, his assault and racist victim wants
However, angry Iwala,50, told The Eye Of Media.Com:
Photgrapher: Paul Iwala Credits:Facebook
”The sentence of an 8 weeks suspended term seems unduly low given the overwhelming evidence presented to the court. Since the event, I have been photographing fewer events of this nature; as there is an ever present fear of being singled out because of my colour.
”When the case came to court I felt that little regard was given to the racist nature of the
assault, words such as “disgusting” were used by defence counsel in
relation to what Larner said which stops far short of the racist import
of his words”.