‘It’s not about cricket’: Rafiq testimony resonates with Yorkshire’s Asian community

The scandal has led some to consider why good people say nothing about bigotry and abuse

Every year, a British Asian small business owner in West Yorkshire sends his neighbour a card and leaves a gift on his doorstep. And every year, without fail, that neighbour ignores him.

Ever since we moved in, he won't look at me and my family, he doesn't respond when we say hello'. He even planted conifers so we couldn't see into his garden and he can't see us," the man, who wished to remain anonymous, said. But I still send him Christmas cards and buy him a gift. He won't even open the door when I knock, so I just leave it on the doorstep."