Man charged over racist bus attack on schoolgirl
A 50-year-old Western Sydney man, Omar Yassine, has been arrested and charged with intimidation after allegedly directing a racist rant at a 13-year-old schoolgirl on a Strathfield bus. The teenager, who cannot be legally named, was verbally abused and called a terrorist after she intervened when Yassine was allegedly filming another young passenger. Yassine was refused bail after erupting in anger during his court appearance at Bankstown, with a judge ordering his removal from the courtroom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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