A 36-year-old has been handed a five-year prison term after being found guilty of launching a campaign of antisemitic abuse targeting Jewish people across Hackney over several months.
Tavius Jean-Charles subjected victims he presumed to be Jewish to a string of religiously aggravated abuse between autumn 2025 and spring 2026, frequently in the vicinity of synagogues.
In one episode in March, officers responded after a motorist reported hearing a man bellow death threats against Jewish people before the passenger window of their vehicle was struck as they drove along Manor Road in Stamford Hill.
Jean-Charles was taken into custody soon after with assistance from the Shomrim community safety organisation.
Barely sixty minutes after being granted bail following that arrest, police received another complaint about a man matching his appearance in Stamford Hill who stated it would be preferable to detonate one of their educational establishments.
Officers tracked him down and rearrested him within minutes.
He subsequently faced multiple counts of racially and religiously aggravated public order offences, together with criminal damage and connected charges.
Jean-Charles, from Bethune Road in Hackney, entered guilty pleas on April 15 to seven racially aggravated public order offences alongside a single count of racially aggravated criminal damage.
He additionally admitted a distinct drugs matter involving possession of a class A substance with intent to supply, stemming from June 2024.
Appearing at Southwark Crown Court on May 22, he was ordered to serve five years behind bars and issued with a permanent restraining order prohibiting any contact with victims or access to the Stamford Hill district.
Detective Chief Superintendent Brittany Clarke, the local policing commander, stated that Jean-Charles asserted to detectives during interview that he harboured no ill will towards Jewish individuals.
The evidence contradicts this position and I am glad that my officers, in conjunction with our partner agencies, managed to secure his conviction.
Hate has no place in this city.
I trust this prosecution shows London’s Jewish community just how resolutely we address antisemitic hate crimes.