London bus passenger jailed for anti-Semitic rant
Ian Campbell boarded in Jewish neighborhood and shouted he would burn the vehicle and the Jews
A passenger on a London bus, who shouted anti-Semitic epithets, was given a 16-week prison sentence.
Ian Campbell, 42, of London, pleaded guilty last month to a racially aggravated public-order offense. He was sentenced in the Magistrates Court in Hendon last week, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported Friday.
In addition, he was sentenced to four weeks in prison for a separate theft offense, according to the newspaper.
Campbell said during the September 16 incident that “I am going to burn the bus and the Jews,” scaring the children on the bus operated by the Arriva company, the Chronicle reported. The driver allowed the passenger to get off the bus and then reboard.
The bus was driving through the heavily Jewish-populated Golders Green neighborhood of London.
Judge Mark Jabbit said Campbell used “grossly and offensive threatening language,” and his crime was “in no doubt serious,” according to the Chronicle.
Transport for London, which operated the bus, said it would take action against the driver for not responding correctly during the incident and for refusing to stop the bus and allow the police to intervene.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.