Thames Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Stephen Bear, who was on the sex offenders register following a 2023 prison sentence for voyeurism and disclosing private sexual images, failed to comply with notification requirements. He travelled to Brazil without notifying police and posted social media footage from a beach, saying police would not catch him. He also failed to notify police within three days of returning to the UK and did not declare a new passport and two bank cards obtained abroad. Offences included failures dated 17 January 2025, 20 January 2025, 27 April 2026 and 14 May 2026. He pleaded guilty to five counts and was given an immediate custodial sentence; the judge told him he needed to work on his strategies, noting he had a baby on the way.

Abdelkader Amir Bousloub approached a member of the Jewish community in Stamford Hill on 7 May 2026 and shouted antisemitic abuse while filming the incident on a mobile phone, intending to upload it to social media. He later claimed he wanted to copy something he had seen on an Instagram reel, but he pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates' Court. The offence was treated as religiously aggravated, and prosecutors applied for a hate crime uplift.

Adam Bedoui stood alongside a co-defendant while the co-defendant shouted antisemitic abuse at a member of the Jewish community and filmed the incident on a mobile phone in Stamford Hill on 7 May 2026. Bedoui laughed and also harassed the victim. He made no comment in a police interview and later pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates' Court. The offence was treated as religiously aggravated, and prosecutors applied for a hate crime uplift.

Drina Gray, 52, engaged in a relentless campaign of harassment against her neighbours in Wandsworth, southwest London, starting in April 2023. This included smashing their Ring doorbell cameras on two occasions, making threats of violence such as burning their house or harming them physically, playing loud music at night causing sleep deprivation, and using threatening words and behaviour. The harassment spanned over 18 months, leading to the victims feeling like prisoners in their own home, with one victim losing his job due to the stress and both suffering from anxiety, depression, and panic attacks.

Mehmet Gurcuoglu, director of Golden Motors on Andre Street in Hackney Downs, London, used a dilapidated outbuilding at the railway arch car wash and tyre workshop to house private renters, providing bedrooms with dangerous electrics, no natural light, a kitchen without hot water, tyres stored up to the ceiling blocking escape routes, and a battery operated smoke alarm covered with plastic sheeting. Hackney council officers joined police on a raid of the property in 2019, forcing the landlord to remove the tenants before taking legal action.

Samuel Marshall shouted homophobic comments or made homophobic actions towards visiting supporters at the West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion football match at the London Stadium on 1 February 2020.

Coral Dawkins, 57, failed to obtain a licence for a property in Leyton that she had been renting out for the past 11 years. The council sent warning letters which were not responded to, and the property was visited as part of an enforcement day in January to confirm it was being rented privately.

Damian Critten shouted homophobic comments or made homophobic actions towards visiting supporters at the West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion football match at the London Stadium on 1 February 2020.

Jack Wood shouted homophobic comments or made homophobic actions towards visiting supporters at the West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion football match at the London Stadium on 1 February 2020.

Thomas Hill shouted homophobic comments or made homophobic actions towards visiting supporters at the West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion football match at the London Stadium on 1 February 2020.