London’s frum community received a measure of relief this week as two antisemites were brought to justice following separate incidents that had left residents deeply shaken.

In the first case, Mohamed Sibous, 18, of Schoolhouse Lane, Limehouse, was arrested and charged following the spread of a deeply disturbing video on social media in which he threatened to behead Jews. London Shomrim, which worked closely with the Metropolitan Police to identify the suspect, thanked law enforcement for their swift response. The video, recorded outside 82 Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets, had prompted Shomrim to sharply increase patrols in frum neighborhoods pending his arrest.

“The Orthodox Jewish community is exceptionally concerned about these threats,” Shomrim stated, adding that they were “working closely with Metropolitan Police Tower Hamlets and Hackney” to address the situation.

In a separate case, Tavius Jean-Charles, of Bethune Road, London N16, was found guilty of a string of antisemitic offences committed over a period of months. Among his crimes were explicit threats to kill Jewish individuals, and throwing a stone at a vehicle driven by a Jewish man, shattering the windscreen. Jean-Charles was also overheard on his phone, while standing outside a Jewish school, discussing blowing up “one of their schools.” A victim impact statement read in court from the manager of a local shul conveyed the toll the campaign of terror had taken: some members of the kehillah, he said, were terrified for their lives. Jean-Charles was remanded in custody pending sentencing at Southwark Crown Court.

Shomrim welcomed the verdict, stating that Stamford Hill’s kehillah “can sleep easier with this extremely unpleasant character off our streets,” and acknowledged the investigative work of Metropolitan Police Hackney detectives in bringing him to justice.