Why did a Britain First supporter who wanted to “kill a Muslim” and drove his van at a pedestrian only receive 33 weeks’ imprisonment?

The Secret Barrister

This is a little later than planned, but recently I’ve been responding to a number of queries about legal issues on Twitter through threads, and it struck me that it might be of some use (possibly) to put them up here, for anyone interested who doesn’t catch them live.

Here, from a fortnight ago, I look at why a Britain First supporter who drove his van at the owner of an Indian restaurant, having earlier expressed a desire to “kill a Muslim”, received 33 weeks’ imprisonment upon his conviction.

Marek Zakrocki

 

The facts provided by the Metropolitan Police are here. In summary, Zakrocki, having drunk 2 bottles of wine, assaulted his wife and left home. He told police he was going to “kill a Muslim”. He then drove around Harrow shouting “white power”. pic.twitter.com/wGF7HhYVm8

— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) January 13, 2018

 

Upon arrest, he was in possession…

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