UK Sikh dentist’s racial attacker found guilty of attempt to murder

BHAMBRA SUSTAINED THE MOST DREADFUL LIFE-CHANGING INJURIES DURING A SUSTAINED RACIST ATTACK ON AN INNOCENT MAN.

LONDON: A UK court has held a 26-year-old white supremacist guilty of attempting to murder a Sikh man in a racial attack at a supermarket in Wales in which the Punjab-origin dentist’s hand was almost severed.

Sarandev Bhambra, 24, a newly qualified dentist, was shopping in a supermarket in the city of Mold, south-west Britain, when the attacker, Zack Davies, attacked him with a machete and hammer on January 14.

Holding Davies guilty of attempt to murder, Judge Rhys Rowlands of the Mold Crown Court on Thursday sent him to a high-security hospital for psychiatric reports to be prepared before the court sentences him on September 11.

“Bhambra sustained the most dreadful life-changing injuries during a sustained racist attack on an innocent man, who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time,” the judge said.

Davies, who described ISIS fighter Jihadi John as an “inspiration”, showed no emotion as the verdict was read out.

On January 14, Bhambra walked into a supermarket at lunchtime and found himself the victim of the horrifying attack.

During the attack, Davies was laughing and shouting “white supremacy”, “this is revenge” and “this is for Lee Rigby”, making a reference to the British soldier who was hacked to death on the streets of London in May 2013.