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Man jailed for vigilante murder

Lee James, who murdered disabled Bijan Ebrahimi in a vigilante attack in Bristol, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years. James wrongly accused of Ebrahimi of being a paedophile before beating him to death and burning his body.

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Charity says society 'failed' vigilante murder victim

An anti-racism charity told ITV News society had "failed" Bijan Ebrahimi, the disabled man who was murdered in a vigilante attack in Bristol.

Batook Pandya, the director of Stand Against Racism & Inequality (SARI), said: "There is a person who is disabled ... who was burned, who kept on going to the authorities for help - we failed him.

"The civil society - we failed him".

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