Abdullah Qureshi, 31, travelled from Dewsbury to Stamford Hill in east London where he attacked three passers-by, a court heard.
A 31-year-old man who travelled almost 200 miles to attack Jewish people has been banned from contacting his victims for 10 years.
He hit a teacher on the head with a bottle, attacked a 14-year-old boy on his way to school and punched a 64-year-old man on his way to a synagogue over a two-hour period on August 18 2021.His trial at Stratford Magistrates’ Court heard the defendant was playing Arabic music on his mobile phone before he hit teacher Chaine Greenfeld in the head with a bottle as he stood in the street at around 6.40pm.
The teenager said in a statement read to the court: “The man said nothing to me and just slapped me and walked away.Jacob Lipschitz, then 64, was walking to the synagogue at about 8.30pm when he was punched on the ear with “tremendous power” by the defendant.He was left with broken glasses, facial bruising, a sprained ankle and four breaks in his foot, which twisted as he collapsed.He added: “I used to be walking the street tall and strong and confident and now I’m just a cowardly wreck.
He was found guilty in November of inflicting religiously aggravated grievous bodily harm and two counts of religiously aggravated assault by beating.
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