Two men convicted over filming of antisemitic TikTok videos in London

Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, guilty of religiously aggravated harassment

Two men have been convicted of religiously aggravated harassment after filming antisemitic TikTok videos in north London.

Officers were called to reports of a hate crime involving a group of men allegedly harassing members of the Jewish community on Clapton Common at about 9pm on Thursday, the Metropolitan police said. Officers arrested five men in Hackney after the incident, it added.

The Crown Prosecution Service said Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, appeared at Thames magistrates court on Saturday over allegations they approached, harassed and filmed Jewish people in Stamford Hill, north London.

Bedoui and Bousloub, both of West Drayton, Hillingdon, west London, were charged with religiously aggravated intentional harassment, contrary to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and intentional harassment, contrary to the Public Order Act 1986.

Both men pleaded guilty to the religiously aggravated public order offence.

Det Supt 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.

“Our officers acted quickly to arrest those responsible, and within 48 hours they have been brought before the courts and convicted. That should send a clear message – we will act decisively against anyone who commits hate crime.

“We know the harm incidents like this cause to communities and we will continue to take all reports with the utmost seriousness.”

Two other 20-year-old men and a 21-year-old man who were arrested had been released on bail pending further inquiries, police said.

The arrests came days after the Met allocated 100 officers to a new community protection team “focused on protecting Jewish communities across London” after a series of recent attacks in the capital, including the stabbing of two Jewish men last month in Golders Green. The force said that in the past four weeks, it had arrested about 50 people for antisemitic hate crimes and charged eight individuals.