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One of the founders of a neighbourhood patrol group which has been 'standing guard' outside schools in a Greater Manchester town is a violent convicted racist, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.
Organisers behind Heywood Community Guard say it was set up to 'keep women and children safe' in response to concerns about asylum seekers being housed in the town. But the M.E.N. can reveal that in 2022 one of its founder members, Adam Farrell, was jailed after he left an innocent man with life-changing brain injuries in an unprovoked racist attack outside a nightclub.
After punching the victim in the face, the then 35-year-old then made a string of vile racist statements in the back of a police van, including 'P**** went down like a sack of black s***' and 'Yo little n*