“Your belief is that you carried out a duty to your God and you did so with no mercy” — Judge John Hand QC
Four Muslim men who assaulted a religious education teacher because they did not approve of him teaching Muslim girls have been jailed.Gary Smith, 38, was beaten as he walked to Central Foundation Girls’ School in Bow, east London, last July.
The gang left him unconscious after attacking him with a metal rod and a brick, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
They pleaded guilty to GBH with intent and were ordered to serve jail sentences of four or five years.
Azad Hussain, 26, of Wapping, and Akmol Hussein, 26, of Bethnal Green, both east London, were each given indeterminate sentences and ordered to serve a minimum of five years in prison.
Simon Alam, 19, of Whitechapel, was given 10 years and told he would have to serve at least five years, and Sheikh Rashid, 27, of Shadwell, was sentenced to eight years and ordered to serve at least half the term.
Judge John Hand QC said he believed the four remained a danger to the public because of their extreme religious beliefs.