From The Independent (UK)
A man has been sentenced for threatening to blow up an Islamic bookshop in London and “kill all the Muslims”.
David Moffatt, 39, pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm and distress at Willesden Magistrates’ Court.
Police said they were called to the shop, in Cricklewood, on 23 May by staff who said a man had “threatened to blow the bookshop up and ‘kill the Muslims’.”
The suspect left the shop after making the threats but witnesses described him wearing a high-visibility jacket and trousers.
When officers confronted him over the allegations, he replied: “I’m not anti-Muslim, I’m Catholic.”
Moffatt was sentenced to a community order requiring him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and to pay £620 in costs and a victim surcharge of £85 at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on 28 July.
Detective Inspector Madeline Ryder said: “Hate crime is unacceptable and Brent’s Community Safety Unit is committed to tackling hate crime in all its forms, supporting victims and their families and bringing perpetrators like Moffatt to justice.”
