Man dumps rats outside Sheffield mosque in hate crime
Man sentenced for dropping vermin outside religious venue
- Edmund Fowler, 66, was captured on CCTV releasing rats outside Sheffield Grand Mosque on Grimesthorpe Road.
- This incident was part of a series of racially motivated hate crimes, which Fowler repeated on three other occasions between May and June.
- Fowler, of Skelwith Drive, Sheffield, pleaded guilty to four counts of racially aggravated harassment at Sheffield Magistrates' Court.
- On 16 July, he was handed an 18-week prison sentence, which was suspended for 18 months.
- As part of his sentence, Fowler was also prohibited from going near any mosque for 18 months.