From The Mirror (UK)
A Muslim mother was knocked unconscious in front of her terrified young children in an “utterly degrading” racist attack at McDonald’s, a court heard.
Kellie Cooke, 33, told Hamman Hamood to ‘go back to your own country’ and tried to pull of her headscarf, a court heard.
A court was told that Cooke even shouted at the victim’s four kids, one of who later told officers: “Mummy was sleeping on the floor”.
Cooke had mocked Mrs Hamood’s accent before hurling racist abuse at her then knocking her to the floor, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Mum-of-three Cooke, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault and a racially aggravated public order offence at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.
Melanie Tomlinson, prosecuting, told the court Mrs Hamood, 34, was buying a meal for her family in the Kensington branch of the restaurant at around 8.20pm on March 27, when she encountered Cooke.
She said: “As Mrs Hamood waited at the counter to order her food she became aware of the defendant laughing.
“The defendant asked the complainant what a Frappucino was. The complainant pointed at a photo to show her, and the defendant continued to laugh and mock the way the complainant spoke.
“(Cooke) turned to members of staff and said ‘she doesn’t know what she’s saying’. She then said ‘go back to your own country, you shouldn’t wear that scarf in this country’, and ‘why are you not wearing a full face covering, f*** you’.”
