Posted on 11/26/2015 8:31:12 PM PST by markomalley
Television and music star Ashley Walters has denied racially abusing a London hotel receptionist and threatening her manager.
The 33-year-old, who is currently starring in BBC drama Cuffs, is accused of calling the member of staff at the Hilton in Islington, a "white b****".
Walters, who played a gangster in the Channel 4 series Top Boy, allegedly also threatened the deputy manager.
The former member of So Solid Crew was summonsed to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on three charges of using threatening, abusive or insulting language with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress on 3 May.
One of the charges related to a racially aggravated offence, the court heard.
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all are named for the river
The left has been tellings for decades blacks cannot be racist...
Well, there's your answer right there: blacks can't be racists, only whites can - therefore, all charges dismissed.
New York City!?
Thet really chaps muh hide...
God, those bits always made me smile!
“First recorded as a given name in the 16th century, but its wider use was probably inspired by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper in the early 19th century, who was a noted humanitarian who inspired much of the legislation designed to improve conditions among working classes.”
Literary: Ashley Wilkes is the man long loved by Scarlett O’Hara in Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With the Wind”. Ashley is also an English saint’s name (17th century).
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