Scotland's first South Asian paramedic racially abused by patient who called him 'terrorist'

THE first Scots-South Asian paramedic was the subject of such a hideous racist attack by a patient he walked away from the job for two years.

Araf Saddiq, 57, who lives in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, was born in the UK to Pakistani parents and is extremely proud to be the first person from South Asia, and the first Muslim, to serve with the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Over the years he has suffered some racist abuse but joked: “I grew up in Bridgeton so I am pretty tough-skinned. There the colour of your skin doesn’t matter, it is all about which football team you support.”