A TV presenter who was robbed, spat on and racially attacked has demanded “tougher sentences” after his attacker walked free.
Noel Phillips, who works as ITV ’s US Correspondent for Good Morning Britain, was repeatedly called the N-word by a 17-year-old thief.
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The lout snatched his necklace and spat in his face before running off.
The juvenile, who was arrested after being chased by Noel on a busy street in London, appeared before magistrates where the judge handed down a rehabilitation order.
But since his sentencing, the presenter – whose life was “turned upside down” by the incident – says that “more robust penalties’ are needed for those who ‘demonise’ people for the colour of their skin.
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