The Jimmy Mubenga case exposed a system in denial over racism | Frances Webber

The judge could have shown the jury racist texts unearthed by prosecutors. I believe he should haveJustice demands that the reality of racism be brought into the courtroom, not excluded. In the early 1980s, as a young barrister, I participated in the defence of 12 young Asian men facing trial at Leeds crown court for conspiracy to cause explosions and to endanger life, and for possession of a crate full of petrol bombs. They admitted making the petrol bombs – in order to defend their community