Two men convicted over alleged filming of antisemitic TikTok videos in London | UK news
Two men were found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment after making anti-Semitic TikTok videos in North London.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of a hate crime on Clapton Common at around 9pm on Thursday, involving a group of men allegedly harassing members of the Jewish community. It was stated that police officers arrested five people in Hackney after the incident.
Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, appeared at Thames magistrates’ court on Saturday over allegations they approached, harassed and filmed Jews in Stamford Hill, north London, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Bedoui and Bousloub, both of West Drayton, Hillingdon, west London, were charged with religiously aggravated intentional harassment contrary to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and intentional harassment contrary to the Public Order Act 1986.
Both men pleaded guilty to a religiously aggravated public order offence.
Det Supt Oliver Richter, who leads policing in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, said: “This was a deliberate and targeted anti-Semitic attack and was aggravated by the duo’s intention to broadcast the incident on social media to spread hatred. This is completely unacceptable and has no place in London.”
“Our officers acted quickly to arrest those responsible and they were brought to trial and sentenced within 48 hours. This should send a clear message: We will act decisively against anyone who commits a hate crime.”
“We know that incidents like this harm communities and we will continue to treat all reports with the utmost seriousness.”
Police said two other men arrested, a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man, were released on bail pending further investigation.
The arrests come just days after the Met allocated 100 officers to a new community protection team “focused on protecting Jewish communities across London” following a series of attacks in the capital, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green last month. The force said it had arrested nearly 50 people and charged eight people for anti-Semitic hate crimes in the past four weeks.
