UK: Muslim jailed for four years for attacking Christian volunteers helping the homeless

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‘Most of these offences were committed against people trying to help you. Eleven very serious offences committed on three separate occasions.’

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | UK Desk
Source/Credit: Metro News
By Richard Hartley-Parkinson | 4 February 2019

A Muslim man who shouted ‘Allah is god’ as he spat at a Christian preacher has been jailed for four years. Ali Al-Hindawi, 23, targeted evangelical preacher Claudio Boggi, who is in a wheelchair, with threats as he handed out leaflets. He shouted: ‘Allah is god, Jesus was only a prophet. You’re in a wheelchair, you’re lucky I don’t hit you.’ Mr Boggi told Al-Hindawi he forgave him for for his actions adding ‘I love you because Jesus loves you’.

Several hours later he attacked Christian volunteer Kayode Ogunleye who was helping the homeless in Westminster. Al-Hindawi bit Mr Ogunleye’s fingers before attacking him with a metal bar. Two weeks later he was ordered to leave St Vincent’s homeless hostel after being accused of dealing drugs.

He threatened to cut people’s throats and tried to burn the charity to the ground with a flamethrower fashioned out of a lighter and deodorant can. Prosecutor Suki Dhada said he arrived in London on June 1 last year from Coventry. At around 1.20am Rob Baker, who was passing with a friend, said ‘that could be me tomorrow night’, sparking anger from Al-Hindawi who asked Mr Baker if he thought he was being funny.

Mr Baker offered him food, but Al-Hindawi became angry and punched him twice in the head while shouting ‘I’ve got a screwdriver, I’m going to stick it in you.’ Defending him, Avirup Chaudhuri said Al-Hindawi suffers from drug problems and ADHD.

He told the court that Al-Hindawi had moved to London looking for a better life and that his father had given him the money for a deposit so that he could rent somewhere on his arrival. Mr Chaudhuri said: ‘His memory of the incidents, for reasons that I will come to, is hazy.’ ‘Drugs,’ replied the judge. Judge Loraine-Smith said: ‘Once you got here, to London, you revealed a volatile temper and a willingness to arm yourself and resort to violence at a moment’s notice. ‘Most of these offences were committed against people trying to help you. Eleven very serious offences committed on three separate occasions.’ Al-Hindawi was jailed for four years and four months at Southwark Crown Court.

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