{"id":80601,"date":"2015-11-27T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T00:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=80601"},"modified":"2015-11-27T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T00:10:14","slug":"no-free-speech-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=80601","title":{"rendered":"No Free Speech In Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woman Who Abused Muslim Passenger on Bus Given Suspended Sentence<\/a><\/p>\n

Kevin Rawlinson, Guardian, November 13, 2015<\/p>\n

A woman who subjected a pregnant Muslim woman and her two friends to a tirade of abuse on a London bus has been spared jail.<\/p>\n

Simone Joseph, who accused her victims of supporting Islamic State and hiding bombs up their skirts, handed herself in after footage of her lengthy rant spread online.<\/p>\n

She was given a 16-week jail term, suspended for 18 months, at Hendon magistrates court on Friday.<\/p>\n

After watching footage of her Islamophobic attack\u2013which was witnessed by her young child\u2013Joseph said she was disgusted by her behaviour.<\/p>\n

A letter from her principal victim, Hanane Yakoubi, who was 34 weeks pregnant, was read out in court. \u201cI am finding it difficult to sleep at night and every time I go out I am afraid that something similar will happen as something like this has happened before because I am a Muslim,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot take medication for this because I am pregnant and as I do not speak the language I do not know how to ask for help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph kept her head bowed as the footage was played to the court, wiping her eyes as friends and family watched. It showed her calling the women \u201csand buckets\u201d and \u201csand rats\u201d and telling them: \u201cI don\u2019t fucking like you people because you\u2019re fucking rude. You come to England and you have no fucking manners.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo back to your fucking country where they\u2019re bombing every day. Don\u2019t come to this country where we\u2019re free.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the footage, shot in north-west London on 13 October, Joseph berates the women for not speaking English and tells Yakoubi: \u201cYou\u2019re lucky I don\u2019t kick you in your uterus and you\u2019ll never have a baby again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tony Meisels, for Joseph, said: \u201cThis was a disgusting and extremely unpleasant incident, which any right-minded member of society would think so and which my client recognises as such in the cold light of day.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe really is ashamed of what has happened and wishes to apologise to the complainant, the other people on the bus and the wider society.\u201d Meisels told the court Joseph had family who are Muslim.<\/p>\n

Sparing her jail, magistrate Marion Stern, said: \u201cAlthough we understand and accept that you are remorseful and of previous good character, nevertheless, this was an abhorrent incident. This incident took place on a public bus in a confined space in the presence of the general public and children.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the sentence was being suspended to take account of Joseph\u2019s good previous character and the fact that she showed remorse. Joseph was ordered to pay \u00a3500 compensation to Yakoubi and criminal court charges of \u00a3180, in addition to completing 60 weeks of unpaid work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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