An intoxicated teenager who yelled “Heil Hitler” while pelting Jewish shoppers with gas canisters in North London has been jailed.
Patrick Delaney claimed he bombarded four Orthodox Jews – including a 13-year-old boy – with the antisemitic abuse after he had fallen out with his girlfriend.
Victim Chaya Stern, who was with her teenage son, was left “very shocked” when Delaney, who was with two other men in a van, yelled “Hitler” at her repeatedly in Tottenham Hale retail park on January 6, 2016.
The 19-year-old sobbed as he was sentenced to six months in prison and told his actions were unacceptable in “any civilised society”.
Delaney of Twin Oaks Caravan Park, Coggeshall, Essex, admitted one count of religiously aggravated harassment in December.
He was said to have a previous conviction for racial or religious abuse after yelling “tandoori” and “naan” at someone while at a swimming pool in 2012.
