A confidential report into an alleged racist incident at Nottingham Castle has been seen by Nottinghamshire Live after more than a year of controversy. The report notes that several staff said they needed more training in handling such incidents, but casts doubt on claims that Nottingham Castle employees were not sympathetic to the alleged victims.
Panya Banjoko, who curated an exhibition at the attraction, said her two grandchildren were the victims of a hate incident in the castle grounds on August 17 last year. Ms Banjoko said that she had spent the afternoon there with her four grandchildren and her daughter as they saw the exhibition she curated, entitled "Don't Blame the Blacks."
During that afternoon, a child was reported to have racially abused two of Ms Banjoko's grandchildren, then aged seven and 11. But Panya Banjoko says when she raised the incident with a member of the senior management team at Nottingham Castle, she was met with "aggressive" behaviour and "kettled" into a corner.
