A man has been sentenced to detention in a secure medical facility for carrying out a series of brutal attacks on members of the Jewish community in Hackney.

Abdullah Qureshi, 30, of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was found guilty last November of attacking two men and a 14-year-old boy as he walked through north London in August last year.

In one of the assaults, he hit a teacher in the head with a bottle while playing Arabic music from his phone.

He was handed a hospital order at Wood Green Court on Thursday, after being convicted of the attacks in November 2022.

He will be detained until he is considered safe to be released. He was also given a ten-year restraining order.

Detective Chief Inspector Yasmin Lalani, from the local policing team, said: "The Met will not tolerate any form of discrimination or abuse. London is an incredible and diverse city and it is completely unacceptable for certain sections of our communities to be subjected to deplorable abuse and harassment.

“Abdullah Qureshi’s action caused severe distress to the victims, their families and the wider Jewish community. I can only hope the victims in this case find some comfort in the fact that Qureshi has been sentenced after the ordeals they suffered."

DCI Lalani added: "I would like to thank Shomrim, the Community Security Trust, Hackney Independent Advisory Group and Varinder Hayre of the Crown Prosecution Service for their support throughout our investigation. Together we have achieved justice for the victims. Our message is clear – we will not tolerate hate crime. Do not come to Stamford Hill to commit offences against our community – we will hold you to account."

Qureshi was found guilty of one count of racially or religiously aggravated grievous bodily harm and two counts of racially or religiously aggravated common assault.