Shop owner Yusuf Boztepe is 'victim of hate campaign'
Comments |
by Keyan Milanian
A shop owner whose life has been made "hell" by a three-year
hate campaign says he is being driven out of Medway by yobs.
Yusuf Boztepe no longer feels safe after becoming victim to an
astonishing string of racist attacks on his Walderslade store and
home.
The vendetta against the 43-year-old boiled over into
near-disaster when a thug staged a bizarre explosion outside the
Kurdish man's shop.
Mark Marchant set light to an inflatable mattress filled with
petrol or gas just seconds after a car had passed. The 28-year-old,
of Pimpernel Way, Chatham, was last week jailed for five years for
the attack.
Now Mr Boztepe, who has owned Walderslade Mini Market with his
wife for three years, is selling up and moving out of
Medway.
He said: "The yobs turned our lives to hell. I was told to 'go
back to your country'. I have been to many places in England, I
know England better than Turkey, but I have never had this." Mr
Boztepe is being treated for depression, which doctors believe is
linked to the stress of the harassment.
*For for the full story, pick up a copy of Monday Messenger.
Monday, August 23 2010
The KM Group does not moderate comments.
Please click here for our house rules.