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Scottish man faces racism charges after refusing treatment by British Asian optician

Eric Greene will be sentenced next month.

By: Sarwar Alam

A Scottish man has been put on trial over racism charges in the UK after he refused to be treated by an optician of Indian and Pakistani-origin, saying the Manchester terror attack “was the last straw” for him. Eric Greene, 58, visited the Lanark branch of a British optical retail chain when he told Sarah Kerr that he would “rather be seen by a white person”, a court has heard. Greene was branded a bigot by Sheriff Nikola Stewart who told him, “Charlottesville is what happens if you don’t take this kind of thing seriously,” the Scotsman reported. Greene, of…

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