An east London man was charged on Sunday for an assault against three Jewish residents in Enfield on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said.
Hornchurch resident Dylan Ossei was charged with assault, religiously aggravated assault, threatening behavior to cause fear, religiously aggravated harassment, and threatening behavior to cause harassment after he had allegedly harassed, threatened, and assaulted the Jewish community members.
The 34-year-old man was arrested at the scene, and the victims, a fifty-three-year-old woman, a 58-year-old man, and a 26-year-old man, sustained injuries that did not require further medical treatment.
Enfield and Haringey policing head Detective Superintendent Marco Bardetti said in a press statement that the Met would work closely with the Jewish community to ensure that they felt safe going about their lives.
“The Met has made it abundantly clear that we treat reports of alleged antisemitic hate crime with the utmost seriousness and diligence, as demonstrated by the swift arrest and charge following this incident,” said Bardetti.
On Tuesday, the Met announced it was setting up a Community Protection Team of 100 officers to ensure the protection of the capital’s Jewish residents amid a rash of antisemitic incidents.
Over the weekend, the Met made a series of arrests, and the Crown Prosecution Service leveled a series of charges against alleged antisemitic criminals.