A teenager who marched outside an North Yorkshire Islamic centre with firelighters in his pocket while waving an England flag is going to “lose everything because of one night of stupid behaviour,” a court heard.
Eighteen-year-old James Martin was jailed for two years and two months after the incident on 8 August in Scarborough.
York Crown Court heard Martin was in a group of four people who marched outside the Islamic centre on Roscoe Street while people were inside praying just after 10pm.
Wearing a face covering, the defendant had been swearing, and shouted words to the effect of “What a stupid time to pray, have they got nothing better to be doing”, and “Let’s be proud of our flag”.
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