Race, Violence and I the Law
New government figures suggest that racially motivated attacks in Britain are far more frequent than was previously estimated. Only a small proportion are reported, however, and even fewer reach the courts.
The problem has become so serious that some senior police officers believe that new and more stringent legislation is required to tackle racial violence. And yet it seems that existing law is not fully used, that racial crimes are under-investigated and rarely punished.
Reporter Margaret Gilmore talks to the victims - families under siege in their own homes, those who have suffered racial violence, and the family of a teenager murdered earlier this year.
Producer Indra de Lanerolle
Editor Glenwyn Benson