Pair convicted over violent attack on council litter official

Two men who attacked a council officer as he issued a fine for littering - striking him with a wooden pole - have both been convicted of assault.
We’ve released shocking video taken from the victim’s body camera showing the moment he was set upon by Raja Malik and Mohammed Nawaz in #Dudley.
The Litter Officer had spotted women flicking cigarette butts from a car window in Kates Hill on 12 August and moved in to issue fines.
But as he was taking their details Malik emerged from a house and confronted the officer arguing “everyone chucks cigarette butts…I’ve done it” before hurling racist abuse.
Nawaz joined in, chasing the council contractor and hitting him with a mop handle; the force of the blow saw the pole shatter into several pieces.
We identified the pair and on 30 August went to speak to them at an address in Jasmine Street.
They refused to let us in so one of our neighbourhood Inspectors - having given the group several warnings - kicked open the front door and arrested them.
Malik was charged with assault and racially aggravated assault and Nawaz with assault and using an offensive weapon.
They appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 27 May where they admitted the offences and were handed suspended jail terms.
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