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Reem Ahmed

Racial slurs and smashed windows: The vile abuse faced by a Gypsy family on the edge of Cardiff

A Welsh Romani Gypsy family living on the edge of Cardiff allege they are victims of vile racist abuse.

Danielle McCann, who lives with her five children on a yard in Peterstone Wentlooge, claims her family have had racial slurs shouted at them, rubbish dumped on the lane leading to their site, their stables set on fire, their horses dragged through barbed wire fencing, and their trailer windows smashed among other incidents.

A recent incident at the end of February saw threatening messages allegedly attached to their gates, which called them "dirty Gypsy scum" and demanded that they "leave".

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