A man has been jailed after he started an unprovoked fight with a stranger in a north London café.
Farah Adam, 23 (01.05.95) of no fixed address was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment at Harrow Crown Court on Wednesday, 19 September.
He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £170.
He had previously been found guilty of racially/ religiously aggravatefd assault; racially/ religiously aggravated fear of violence; threatening a person with a weapon; and racially/ religiously aggrvated common assault/ beating.
On the morning of Sunday, 15 April, Adam entered a café in Wealdstone and approached the victim before asking if he was a Muslim, and why he was selling ‘Haram’.
He claimed to be Mujahideen and became aggressive towards the man. He pushed the victim and produced a large kitchen knife from his pocket which swung towards the man.
Officers attended and chased Adam along Grant Road before detaining him. A search of the area resulted in the knife being found in a front garden on Stirling Road.
Detective Constable Joe MacDonald, from Harrow CID, said: “This was a very frightening experience for the victim who was confronted while working quietly in the café. It is only by luck that they were not seriously injured in the assault.”