Two men have been convicted of religiously aggravated harassment after filming antisemitic TikTok videos in north London. Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkadir Amir Bousloub, 21, both from West Drayton, Hillingdon, pleaded guilty to the offence at Thames Magistrates Court on Saturday.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of a hate crime on Clapton Common at about 9pm on Thursday, where a group of men allegedly harassed members of the Jewish community. Five men were arrested in Hackney following the incident.
The Crown Prosecution Service said the pair approached, harassed and filmed Jewish people in Stamford Hill. They were charged with religiously aggravated intentional harassment under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and intentional harassment under the Public Order Act 1986.
Detective Superintendent Oliver Richter, who leads policing in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, said: “This was a deliberate and targeted antisemitic attack, aggravated by the pair’s intention to post the incident on social media to spread hatred. It is completely unacceptable and has no place in London.”
Two other 20-year-old men and a 21-year-old man arrested in connection with the incident have been released on bail pending further inquiries. The convictions come after the Met allocated 100 officers to a new community protection team focused on protecting Jewish communities across London.
