Man jailed for slapping woman with bacon in UK
30 Jun 2017 10:39 PM IST
A 36-year-old man has been jailed for over six months for an Islamophobic attack on a mother and her teenage daughter with a packet of bacon on the streets of north London.
Alex Chivers had made abusive comments and shouted "ISIL scum" in a reference to the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist network before slapping the teenager in the face with an open packet of bacon, which is 'haram' or forbidden in Islam. The incident happened when the victim was walking down a road in Enfield, with her mother on June 8. "The victim was not injured, but was very distressed," the Scotland Yard said in a statement.
Chivers was videoed by a friend as he hurled verbal abuse on the two women, telling them "you deserve this".
He used a ski mask and a motorbike helmet to cover his face during the attack and also covered his mouth, chin and neck with black clothing, but the Metropolitan Police was able to track him down using CCTV footage. He was arrested six days later and charged with one count of racially or religiously aggravated common assault and one count of causing racially or religiously aggravated alarm or distress.
After pleading guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, Chivers was sentenced this week to 26 weeks' imprisonment for the assault and 12 weeks' imprisonment for a public order offence to run concurrently. He was also ordered to pay a $115 victim surcharge and will complete a 12-month supervision order when he is released from jail.
The victim was out with her mother and getting on with her day when Chivers abused her.
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