Thug, 35, who threatened to kill London synagogue manager jailed for string of antisemitic crimes

A man admitted religiously aggravated threatening behavior and religiously aggravated criminal damage involving six victims between October 2025 and March 2026. He shouted antisemitic threats at a synagogue manager and his son outside Belz Synagogue in Stamford Hill, including threats to kill multiple people. He also targeted a visibly Jewish man while driving past, shouting that he would kill Jews. The conduct included throwing a rock at a moving car window. The judge described the behavior as a sustained and deliberate campaign of antisemitic activity over months, with no remorse or mitigation. He received a five-year prison sentence and a restraining order banning him from entering the Stamford Hill area and contacting victims.

"Your behaviour amounted to sustained and deliberate campaign of antisemitic behaviour carried out over a number of months. You repeatedly targeted individuals who were visibly Jewish in the street and outside a synagogue. She added: There has been no expression of remorse and no mitigation whatsoever addressing the religiously motivated nature of your conduct."

"The offending strikes at the fundamental values of a tolerant society, the judge told him, adding: Any attack on the Jewish community is also an attack on all of society. Jean Charles, who appeared from prison via video link, was also handed a restraining order banning him from entering the Stamford Hill, north London, area and contacting the victims."

"On March 16 at 1.45pm while outside Belz Synagogue in Stamford Hill, Jean Charles shouted Oi, I'm gonna kill you, not just you, all of you f****** Jews at the synagogue's manager Barry Bard and his son. Around 30 minutes later, Joel Scher, who describes his appearance as orthodox Jewish and was wearing a black kippah with hair styled in payots, heard Jean Charles shout I will kill you Jews as he drove past him along Heathland Road in north London."

"Jean Charles then threw a stone at the window of a moving car, following reports of a man shouting antisemitic abuse and throwing a rock at the window of a moving car. Jean Charles was arrested on March 24 after the reports and later pleaded guilty to eight offences against six victims."

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