A man has been arrested after a Jewish memorial was damaged in Palmeira Square, Hove.
A 58-year-old man from Hove was arrested on Monday, October 7 on suspicion of racially/religiously aggravated criminal damage after footage of the incident was circulated online.
He remains in custody at this time.
Detective Superintendent Ben Newman said: “We understand that this incident has caused great upset within many communities, and we would like to reassure the public that our investigation team is working hard to gather all the facts and bring this matter to a positive conclusion.”
If you witnessed the incident, or have information to report to us, you can contact police online or by calling 101 quoting reference 158 of 4/10.
Horrible, evil man. How dare he destroy a memorial. I hope he gets a custodial sentence.
Unacceptable.
Totally expected. One year ago when Hamas was attacking civilians, there were literally fireworks and people celebrated this attack in Hove… I’m surprised this memorial survived for so long in this city. I understand not supporting the actions of Israel, but supporting terrorist organisations like Hamas is beyond my understanding. Hate crime is taken seriously in this country when it’s done by native population, let’s see if the same tough punishment will be administered to this evil man.
Will it be a fast track prosecution like the Manchester airport nose breakers? #twotierkier
Person does terrible thing. An arrest is made. A plank appears with Faragiste hashtag. The planet’s collective IQ drops by 1%.
As a Hamas apologist I don’t imagine that your IQ is enormously high.
Your two-tier conspiracy is tiresome and has nothing to do with this crime nor the arrest. However, you’re guaranteed to peddle the same disinformation until you find some other tinfoil-hatted piffle that takes your fancy. Hie thee to the Mail Online.
I have neither the time or the crayons to explain how how much of a Hamas shill you are. 🇮🇱🇮🇱
I wouldn’t worry about Fark in this situation Gabe, your point is well made, and his inability to provide anything but a baseless ad hominem does nothing but damage himself.
Looking at the video footage. I’m so pleased that he got a very robust response from the Good Samaritan!
Whatever peoples views of the present conflict, it’s just a complete no, no, to do something like desecrate any memorial to the dead.
Thank you whoever you are for your public spirited response.
Someone with a low intellect likely twisted by online hate.
Or a mate of TG our local notorious antisemite🤦♂️