Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq spoke of the incident as he faced continued criticism for saying that Islamophobia in Guernsey was one of the reasons behind a recent decision not to offer homes to those fleeing Syria.
Describing the attack, the politician said that he was talking to a shopper in a Waitrose store when another man shouted his name and approached him.
‘I turned around. He spat at me,’ Deputy Le Tocq said.
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