Man admits racial assault after accusing Orthodox Jew of ‘killing babies’
Man admits racial assault after accusing Orthodox Jew of ‘killing babies’
Stanley Murphy-JohnsFri, April 24, 2026 at 1:44 PM UTC
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Elliman Avenue, Slough, Berkshire (Google)
A man has admitted racially aggravated assault after being filmed abusing an Orthodox Jewish man and accusing him of “killing babies”.
Shafiq Rahman, 48, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault, fear or provocation of violence by words and criminal damage at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
The victim had been working in Elliman Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, on April 20 when Rahman cycled past and started shouting abuse at him.
A video of the attack, in which Rahman called the victim a “dirty Jew”, accused him of “killing babies in Palestine” and threatened to “break his jaw”, was shown in court.
District Judge Devinder Sanhu described the attack as a “pure hate crime”.
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She added: “I am appalled and startled by what I saw on that footage, a completely unprovoked attack on a man who was simply doing his job.”
Rahman appeared in the dock wearing a grey prison jumper and spoke to confirm his name, address and date of birth and admit the charges.
Anushka A, prosecuting, said: “The victim was in the area for some work with his professional commitments, the defendant was on his bicycle, he has shouted ‘Jew, what are you f****** doing here Jew’.”
She added that Rahman went on to call the victim a “dirty Jew” and accused him of “killing babies in Palestine”.
Rahman was granted bail to be sentenced on July 10.
Source: “AOL Breaking”
