Two men plead guilty to attack on Nasir mosque in Hartlepool
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Monday September 19 2011
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Two men have pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring to commit an act of racially aggravated criminal damage.
The Asian Image newspaper reports: |
“Two men have admitted daubing racist graffiti on a mosque and two Asian-run business premises.
“Anthony Donald Smith, 24, and 32-year-old Steven James Vasey yesterday both pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to commit racially aggravated criminal damage, between November 1 and 17, last year.
“It relates, specifically, to spray painting offensive messages on the Nasir mosque, in Brougham Place, Hartlepool, as well as at the Milko store, in Potto Street, and at the Albert Guest House, in Front Street, both in Shotton Colliery, County Durham, all said to have taken place on November 11.
“They will be sentenced alongside a third defendant, co-accused Charlotte Christina Davies.
“The 19-year-old single mother, of Irving Path, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, is facing the same charge.
“She appeared in the court on Friday, August 19, when the hearing was told that she intends to plead guilty.
“Davies was said to have sent text messages suggesting pork scratchings should be thrown at the mosque, or a pig’s head could be left there, with “Merry Christmas” daubed above the door, on the day before the start of the Muslim festival of Eid.”