A SHEFFIELD mum says she has suffered years of sickening racist abuse for living with an Asian man.
Nicola Clark says her life is being destroyed by racist yobs who have subjected her and her 33-year-old partner Aftab Hussain to a spate of attacks since they and their children moved on to the Arbourthorne estate two years ago.
The mum-of-two said the attacks culminated when a teenager pelted her with a rasher of bacon - an assault on the Muslim custom of not eating pork.
Nicola said: "They have destroyed my life - I cry every night because I am so worried about our kids' safety.
"I would happily move out of my flat and into a shed in the middle of nowhere if it meant we could be safe.
"We have suffered so much abuse over the last two years - they have even thrown bacon at me because they know Muslims don't eat pork. I'm not Muslim but I know it was a dig at my partner. It's absolutely awful."
Nicola, of Errington Avenue, said the problems began when she was pregnant with her first boy, Joseph, now aged two.
She said yobs chased her partner up the street with an iron bar, and later threw a beer can at them.
The 32-year-old claims the gang of teenagers, believed to be aged from about 13 to 17, have repeatedly hurled racist abuse at them and warned them to leave the estate.
Nicola, who last year gave birth to her second child, Arshad, claims she has also been forced to scrap three cars over the last 18 months after they were vandalised by the yobs.
"I have tried talking to them but it hasn't done any good," said Nicola. "I just want them to stop so we can get our lives back together." Acting inspector Ian Stubbs, of the Manor and Arbourthorne Safer Neighbourhood Team, said he is aware of four incidents being reported during the last 13 months, but only one of them was racially motivated.
He added: "We are taking this matter very seriously. This will be robustly investigated and we are pursuing all possible lines of inquiry to identify the persons responsible.
"We will be making further contact with the complainants to discuss any concerns they have regarding racial abuse and will progress this accordingly."
Anyone with information should contact the Manor and Arbourthorne Safer Neighbourhood Team on 0114 296 3993.
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