Two 21-year-old men who deliberately set out to harass Jews in London’s heavily Orthodox Stamford Hill neighborhood received suspended jail sentences after admitting to carrying out an antisemitic hate crime that they filmed and shared online.

According to the Daily Mail, Adam Badawi and Abdelkader Boussloub were each sentenced to six weeks in prison, suspended for one year, after pleading guilty to intentionally harassing a Jewish man in an offense aggravated by religious hatred.

In addition to the suspended sentences, the court ordered the pair to complete 150 hours of unpaid community service, participate in a 20-day rehabilitation program, and pay £85 in court costs.

During the proceedings, the court heard that the two men had deliberately traveled to Stamford Hill carrying a fishing rod as part of what they described as a plan to “fish” for Jews—an antisemitic stunt in which they sought out visibly Orthodox Jews to harass and humiliate while recording the encounters for social media.

Following the sentencing, prosecutor Varinder Hayre condemned the defendants’ actions.

“The pair deliberately targeted a member of the Jewish community and subjected him to antisemitic abuse in a public place. They recorded the incident intending to publish it on social media, amplifying the harm caused to the victim. Hate crimes inflict significant damage on victims and entire communities, and we will continue to prosecute these offenses robustly.”

The incident took place in May 2026, when the two men went to Clapton Common, another area with a large chareidi population, where they confronted a Jewish man, verbally abused him, and filmed the encounter for a TikTok video. Both later admitted in court to committing a public order offense aggravated by religious hostility.

Detective Chief Inspector Oliver Richter also strongly condemned the attack at the time.

“This was a deliberate and targeted antisemitic attack, made even more serious 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.”

{Matzav.com}