‘Lunatic’ white supremacist attacker of Sikh Shopper gets Life Sentence

Dr Bhambra of Leeds
Dr Bhambra of Leeds

— Zack Davies, the ‘lunatic’ attacker of a Sikh shopper in North Wales, earlier this year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment today.

Dr Sarandev Bhambra, of Leeds, was targeted at a Tesco store in Mold, Flintshire, in January.

Davies, of Mold, was convicted of attempted murder at Mold Crown Court in June. He was today told he must serve at least 14 years in prison.

Speaking outside court, Dr Bhambra said Davies was a “coward”.

 

“He attacked me from behind and tried to behead me,” Dr Bhambra said. “By the grace of God I remained conscious and was able to defend myself.

“It is abhorrent that he has claimed that he tried to kill me in Lee Rigby’s honour.”

So-called white supremacists extremists have sporadically continued a hate-filled targeting of Moslem/Arab people, ignorantly attacking Sikhs also, in repeated cases of mistaken identity.

The machete wielding Davies, like many other racist attackers over the last decade or so, did not care to notice the stark difference in two differing faith communities when targeting his victim. 

Witness Leanne Jones said she heard him shouting “white power” and that he was acting “like a lunatic” as he hacked at Dr Bhambra.

The attack left Dr Bhambra, a 25-year-old dentist from Leeds, with two deep cuts to his scalp and another to his back, which went down to the muscle.

An injury to his left hand caused major nerve, artery and tendon damage, leaving him in need of surgery for five hours.

After the trial concluded, Dr Bhambra’s brother, Dr Tarlochan Singh Bhambra, said his family had “no doubt” that, had the “racial disposition” of the case been reversed, it would have been reported as an “act of terror”.

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