Man sentenced for abuse and assault on Muslim male in Oxfordshire

Local paper, The Herald, reports on the sentencing of a 53 year old man after he was convicted of racially or religiously aggravated common assault at Banbury Magistrates’ Court this week.

Andrew Lydiatt, 53, was found guilty of racially or religiously aggravated common assault on Faisalrahman Abdulnazar in relation to an incident that happened on October 22 last year.

Lydiatt also admitted causing racially, religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress by words on the same day and committing an offence during the period of a suspended sentence for assaulting a constable, assault by beating and using threatening behaviour.

Lydiatt was jailed for 15 weeks and ordered to pay £200 compensation and an £80 victim surcharge.