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Two Members Of A Racist Group Who Tied Bacon To A Mosque Have Been Jailed

Two Members Of A Racist Group Who Tied Bacon To A Mosque Have Been Jailed

Two men and two women were involved in the incident.

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay

Featured image credit: SWNS

Two men have been jailed after they took part in a racist attack on a mosque.

The group of four (two men and two women) tied a St George's flag baring the words 'no mosques' to a fence outside the Jamia Mosque in Totterdown, Bristol. They also tied bacon to door handles and left uncooked bacon butties outside the door.


CCTV footage of one of the women involved. Credit: SWNS

Kevin Shaun Crehan and his accomplice, Mark Bennett, were jailed, but Alison Bennett and Angelina Margaret Swales also admitted a racially aggravated public order offence at Bristol Crown Court.

Crehan was given a year, Bennett nine months and the two women received suspended sentences.

The group were captured on CCTV. In the footage, a member of the public asks them what they're doing and one of the men shouts: "We don't want no more mosques here!"

The footage was released in an attempt to catch the gang back in January and they were identified.

For the next 10 years, they have also all been banned from going within 330ft of a mosque anywhere in England or Wales.


Jamia Mosque in Totterdown, Bristol. Credit: SWNS

Inspector Nigel Colston of Avon and Somerset Police told MailOnline: "There can never be any excuse for hate crime in any shape or form and this criminality will not be tolerated.

"All of our communities have the right to live and worship peacefully without fear of being targeted for their race or religion.

"We will always support anyone who is victimised and work closely with all communities to stamp out crimes motivated by prejudice and hate."

Despicable behaviour.

Words by Mel Ramsay

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Topics: Racism, Racist, Bacon