A man who used abusive anti-Muslim and racist language against an elderly victim on a Route 149 bus in Haringey on Thursday, 15 October has been sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment for racially and religiously aggravated intentional harassment, contrary to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Kashif Samuels, 25 (15.03.90) of Duffield Drive, Tottenham had previously pleaded guilty on Wednesday, 21 October. Footage of the incident showed him subjecting the victim to a torrent of racist and islamophobic abuse. This ended with him grabbing the elderly victim’s zimmer frame and hurling it off the bus.
He was sentenced at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 5 November.
The Met is committed to tackling hate crime in all its forms, and has long since recognised the impact of hate crime on communities and the hidden nature of this crime, which remains largely under reported.
We take positive action to investigate all hate crime allegations, support victims and their families and bring perpetrators to justice. We are always seeking ways to increase reporting and work with a number of third party reporting sites, so that victims who would otherwise feel unable to approach police direct can report crime to non-police organisations and individuals such as TellMAMA for Islamophobic incidents and the Community Security Trust [CST] for anti-Semitic hate crime.
man who used abusive anti-Muslim and racist language against an elderly victim on a Route 149 bus in Haringey on Thursday, 15 October has been sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment for racially and religiously aggravated intentional harassment, contrary to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.