Four men charged with yelling anti-Semitic abuse from a car in a ‘Convoy for Palestine’ protest through London will be tried by a crown court jury
- Mohammed Iftikhar Hanif, Jawaad Hussain, Asif Ali and Adil Mota all charged
- The four are accused of using words or behaviour likely to stir up racial hatred
- They were bailed ahead of their next hearing in Wood Green on November 3
Four men charged with yelling anti-Semitic abuse from a car in a ‘Convoy for Palestine’ protest through London will be tried by a crown court jury.
Mohammed Iftikhar Hanif, 27, Jawaad Hussain, 24, Asif Ali, 25 and Adil Mota, 26, all from Blackburn, Lancashire, were said to be part of a convoy travelling through St John’s Wood.
The four are all charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words, or behaviour, with intent, likely to stir up racial hatred following an incident on May 16.
They appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today and spoke only to confirm their names and addresses.
Their lawyers indicated they would all be denying the charges.
Adil Mota (pictured) is one of four accused of being part of a convoy travelling through St John’s Wood on May 16
A convoy of cars bearing the Palestinian flag drove through a Jewish community in north London while the passengers screamed ‘f*** their mothers, f*** their daughters
The protest followed simmering tensions due to the political situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Thousands of people had been marching through Central London in support of the Palestinians, amid ongoing fighting between Israel and militants in Gaza.
Hanif, Ali, Hussain and Mota are charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words, or behaviour, with intent, likely to stir up racial hatred.
District judge Nicholas Rimmer told them: ‘You have indicated through your advocates not guilty pleas today, therefore the court moves to allocation, that is where the matter is tried.
‘For the reasons I have given, what is alleged is beyond the powers of this court if any or all of you were to be convicted.’
He bailed them all unconditionally ahead of a plea and trial preparation hearing at Wood Green Crown Court on November 3.
Onlookers were left horrified after the convoy yelled: ”F*** all of them. F*** their mothers, f*** their daughters and show your support for Palestine. Rape their daughters and we have to send a message like that. Please do it for the poor children in Gaza’
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