In a landmark case, three men have been prosecuted under racial vilification laws for the first time in Australia''s Victoria state for physically assaulting and verbally abusing an Indian student in Melbourne''s outer south-east last year.
According to media reports, lawyer of the three accused � Jason Ritchie (24), Adam Baxter (25) and David Potter (24) - has disclosed that the trio will contest charges stemming from an alleged attack on a bus from Frankston to Rye in which young Rajan Kumar Katkam was abused and bashed.
Katkam was bashed, verbally abused and humiliated during the 45-minute race-fuelled pack attack on the crowded bus on February 6 last year. More...
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