Community order and Curfew for hate preacher at Speakers Corner
Omar Mohamad, regular Speakers Corner extremist, has this week yet again escaped a custodial sentence but has this time been issued with a Community Order and placed under curfew. This was following the verdict reached at City Magistrates court on 1 September 2021 when he was found guilty of having used threatening, abusive and insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm and distress, together with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence. This followed a tirade of homophobic hate given by Mohamad against a gay man at Speakers Corner. Mohamad called his victim “a filthy creature” during his tirade on the 6 October 2019. He ranted that his victim was “worse than a terrorist” due to his sexuality and accused him of “spreading AIDs to millions”.
The case has taken over two years to reach a final conclusion following a litany of delay by Mohamad, including failing to attend court hearings, sacking his own lawyer and demanding a last minute interpreter
The community order was issued with a ‘rehabilitation activity requirement’ and a curfew covering 6pm to 5am for six weeks. Mohamad will now be wearing an…
