<h1>Scars of the girl beaten for being English in Scotland
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<p> By <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Fay+Schlesinger" class="author">Fay Schlesinger</a>
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</p> Last updated at 7:02 PM on 14th January 2009
<p class="MsoNormal">This young woman was viciously assaulted in Scotland because she has an English accent.
<br />Lucy Newman, 22, was left with two black eyes and a broken cheekbone after a night out with friends in Aberdeen.The beauty therapist, who is 5ft 3in tall, said: 'Two guys walked past and shouted something about the English.'I didn't think it was aimed at me until one of them whacked me right in the face. The next thing I was lying on the ground with blood pouring from my head.'
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<p class="MsoNormal">Before and after the attack: Lucy Newman was left with a broken cheekbone and severed nerves behind her eye after she was punched by a stranger in an unprovoked attack .Miss Newman moved to Scotland with her family when she was four and, 18 years on, has almost lost her English accent.But she says it still comes through on certain words, leading to endless taunts.'The English thing doesn't bother me, I'm used to it,' she added. 'But no one has ever gone this far before. Why would they? The guy was obviously a coward.'
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is feared that she might not fully regain sight in her left eye, which was left swollen shut by the attack.The alleged racist assault happened on busy <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Union Street</st1:address></st1:street>, in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">central Aberdeen</st1:place></st1:city>, about 2am on Saturday after Miss Newman left a nightclub and was heading to a bus stop with a friend.Two men walked past and one of them, wearing a hat and scarf, lashed out and punched Lucy in the face. He then calmly walked away, accompanied by his friend, who was wearing a blue shirt.A good Samaritan chased after the attacker but could not track him down.Her father Leslie said his daughter was 'unrecognisable' when she arrived at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in an ambulance.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Doctors will assess this week whether Miss Newman, from Gourdon near Aberdeen, needs facial plastic surgery.She is due to start a new job as a nursery play assistant as soon as a disclosure check is completed - and hopes the severe bruising will have faded by then.
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<p>Her distraught mother Susan, 47, said: 'Lucy is tiny. I just can't believe somebody, especially a man, could do something like this to such a lovely and quiet girl.'There is no reason why one person should attack another. But a man punching a young woman is inexcusable.'Grampian Police, who have been unable to locate CCTV footage of the attack, said such incidents were not uncommon.'Whilst this is clearly a despicable act, it is still unfortunately not uncommon for racially motivated incidents to take place,' Sergeant David Forsyth said.
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<p> By <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Fay+Schlesinger" class="author">Fay Schlesinger</a>
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</p> Last updated at 7:02 PM on 14th January 2009
<p class="MsoNormal">This young woman was viciously assaulted in Scotland because she has an English accent.
<br />Lucy Newman, 22, was left with two black eyes and a broken cheekbone after a night out with friends in Aberdeen.The beauty therapist, who is 5ft 3in tall, said: 'Two guys walked past and shouted something about the English.'I didn't think it was aimed at me until one of them whacked me right in the face. The next thing I was lying on the ground with blood pouring from my head.'
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<p class="MsoNormal">Before and after the attack: Lucy Newman was left with a broken cheekbone and severed nerves behind her eye after she was punched by a stranger in an unprovoked attack .Miss Newman moved to Scotland with her family when she was four and, 18 years on, has almost lost her English accent.But she says it still comes through on certain words, leading to endless taunts.'The English thing doesn't bother me, I'm used to it,' she added. 'But no one has ever gone this far before. Why would they? The guy was obviously a coward.'
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is feared that she might not fully regain sight in her left eye, which was left swollen shut by the attack.The alleged racist assault happened on busy <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Union Street</st1:address></st1:street>, in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">central Aberdeen</st1:place></st1:city>, about 2am on Saturday after Miss Newman left a nightclub and was heading to a bus stop with a friend.Two men walked past and one of them, wearing a hat and scarf, lashed out and punched Lucy in the face. He then calmly walked away, accompanied by his friend, who was wearing a blue shirt.A good Samaritan chased after the attacker but could not track him down.Her father Leslie said his daughter was 'unrecognisable' when she arrived at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in an ambulance.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Doctors will assess this week whether Miss Newman, from Gourdon near Aberdeen, needs facial plastic surgery.She is due to start a new job as a nursery play assistant as soon as a disclosure check is completed - and hopes the severe bruising will have faded by then.
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<p>Her distraught mother Susan, 47, said: 'Lucy is tiny. I just can't believe somebody, especially a man, could do something like this to such a lovely and quiet girl.'There is no reason why one person should attack another. But a man punching a young woman is inexcusable.'Grampian Police, who have been unable to locate CCTV footage of the attack, said such incidents were not uncommon.'Whilst this is clearly a despicable act, it is still unfortunately not uncommon for racially motivated incidents to take place,' Sergeant David Forsyth said.
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