A man has pleaded guilty over a Facebook post suggesting throwing eggs, overripe fruit and stink bombs at synagogues and Jewish businesses.
Michael Brown, 45, responded to a post on the Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Facebook page with a suggestion to “target local synagogues and Jewish businesses”.
He ended the message with the words: “Does anyone has good recipe for roasted Synagogue.”
In a police interview, Brown claimed that his post was a “joke”.
But at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today (Wednesday 29 July) he pleaded guilty to sending by public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message.
Emily Thornton, prosecuting, said that the post was made on Saturday 28 February, the day when America and Israel started their war on Iran.
And she asked for Brown to be given a tougher sentence for a race hate crime.
The original post by the Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign had been critical of the war, calling it an “attack on yet another sovereign state”.
Adjourning the case for sentencing on Tuesday 1 September, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring told Brown: “I can’t rule out it will be a custodial sentence. It may well be.”
The court heard that Brown, of High Street, Newhaven, wrote in his Facebook post: “It’s about time to target local synagogues and Jewish businesses with overripe fruit and stink bombs.
“Let’s all buy a pack of 6 eggs and pelt the local synagogues. Then we can throw bags of flour. And before you know it we can make Jewish Muffins.
“Jews have a right to defend themselves using the Bible as a navigation tool. Watch out these guys eat Pretzels which is just weird.
“What does everyone like to drink with their Jewish Muffins?
“And does anyone has good recipe for roasted Synagogue.”
Miss Thornton said that in his police interview Brown admitted making the post and insisted “it was a joke and he didn’t mean any offence”.
The court was told that he had a drink driving conviction from June last year but no other past offences on his record.
The judge adjourned the sentencing hearing for a pre-sentence report so that Brown could be assessed by a probation officer.
He was remanded on unconditional bail until the next hearing.
Dirty Jew haters, the left is full of them.
The raving right are, of course, well known for their pro Jewish sentiments…
Forty five years old!
Indeed, regardless of the politics of this, you’d think someone his age should know better…
We all know who dislike the jews the most and its certainly not the English !
“Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old boy, have each been charged with arson with intent to damage property and being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
“The charges relate to ambulances from Hatzola, a volunteer-led ambulance service, which were set on fire”
I don’t understand how ordinary people can be so thick.
There may be issues with the politics of Netanyahu, but how does that relate to ordinary people in the UK that probably agree, and are probably ashamed of current Israeli politics themselves.
Should Christian churches be attacked because we had Johnson, Starmer, Truss as PM?
What an utter idiot
Jewish community in uk
370 years
0 grooming gangs
0 no go areas
0 terrorist attacks
What a pathetic saddo and loser. Maybe he could say his low IQ means he can’t cope in jail?
Too many of these Hamas fanboys in Brighton Hove. Hopefully the full force of the law will come down upon him. Equally, our favourite notorious antisemite Tiny Tony Greenstein is up in front of a judge on the 18th of August at the old Bailey for guess what, supporting a proscribed organisation. Any guesses on which one?
Send him down, horrible little man,
Can’t be too difficult to find out where he works and lives. As to who these days goes around threatening people. Life is hard enough without people having this to deal with. Peace out.