Two men have received suspended prison sentences of six weeks for filming themselves “fishing for Jews” in London, intending to upload the hate content to social media.

The two, Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Bousloub, 21, pleaded guilty in May to a religiously aggravated public order offense.

Bedoui and Bousloub had traveled to the area of Stamford Hill, home to tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews. There, they walked around with a fishing rod, a bank note at the end of it, as they “fished” for Jews, filming all the while to upload the video to TikTok.

At one point they verbally abused a Jewish man.

“Both suspects attempted to flee but were swiftly detained by officers at the scene,” police said.

Bedoui and Bousloub’s suspended sentence is in effect for 12 months.

“These men deliberately targeted a member of the Jewish community, and subjected him to antisemitic abuse in a public place,” prosecutor Varinder Hayre said.

“They filmed the incident with the intention to upload it to social media and amplify the harm caused to the........

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