A man has pleaded guilty to a series of religiously aggravated offences against three Jewish people in north London, including assault, threats and behaviour intended to cause fear of immediate violence.
Dylan Ossei, 34, of Hornchurch, east London, appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday where he admitted three charges following an incident in Southbury Road in Enfield in the early hours of Saturday morning. Two men aged 58 and 26, and a 53-year-old woman were injured in the attack, though none required further medical treatment, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.
Ossei pleaded guilty to the religiously aggravated assault of Lukas Pas, to using religiously aggravated threatening and abusive behaviour, and to causing religiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence toward Natalie Bancroft. In relation to Bancroft, the charge stated he had used threatening and insulting words or behaviour with intent, causing her to believe that “immediate unlawful violence would be used against her,” while demonstrating “hostility based on her presumed membership of a particular religious group.”
Ossei was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Wood Green Crown Court for sentencing at a later date.
Lisa Ramsarran, chief crown prosecutor for CPS London North, said: “Hate crimes like this cause harm that extends far beyond the immediate victims — they send a message of fear to entire communities.”
The case comes amid a significant and well-documented rise in antisemitic hate crime across London. Metropolitan Police figures published last week showed 140 antisemitic offences were recorded across the capital in April alone, the highest monthly total in two years, with the borough of Barnet — which borders Enfield — accounting for more than a third of those incidents.
