The masked men walked into the kitchen, started damaging and smashing items and were heard to shout 'you are Muslims, why are you here?' and 'go back to your homes.'
Two men involved in a racially-aggravated incident against three foreign nationals in south Belfast were jailed on Thursday.
Co-accused Stephen Kerr, 24, from Dunsy Green in Comber, acted as a driver and was handed a combination order consisting of 60 hours community service and two years Probation. A third man who lived in an upstairs flat came downstairs and was also assaulted by the masked gang - one of whom was not before the court.The PSNI was called and CCTV footage linked a car to the incident. This vehicle was stopped in east Belfast at around 1.30pm and all three defendants were arrested.
"That in itself is a factor which is serious. In any case, nobody has the right to try and take the law into their own hands. Having done so, they got someone to drive them over to the house and they masked themselves. One said the attack 'affect him deeply', a second man spoke of the 'trauma' he suffered whilst the third victim said his 'spirit was crushed' by what happened and has since moved Scotland.
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