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Thursday 1 September 2011

EDL banned from marching through Tower Hamlets


Home Secretary Theresa May has approved the Metropolitan Police’s application to ban the proposed EDL march in Tower Hamlets for a period of 30 days starting from 2 September amid fears of violence and disorder.
Tower Hamlets’ Mayor, Lutfur Rahman, who campaigned for the EDL march to be banned, has welcomed this decision.
He said: “I thank the Home Secretary for making this decision, which means we can now move forward as a community free from the threat of the EDL marching through our borough with their messages of hate.
“This has always been a borough where people of different faiths, cultures and backgrounds live in harmony, and we will not be divided by the EDL or any other groups.
“It is the correct decision, and I would like to reiterate my thanks to the thousands of people that supported our efforts to get this march banned. Once again we have shown we are One Tower Hamlets and with the march now banned, I urge anyone previously planning to march in support of our cause to stand down. Their support has been fantastic, and I am delighted that our efforts have been successful.”
Pyrus from the EDL wrote: “Banning the EDL march will only serve to enhance radical Islam’s propaganda. If the government demonises and persecutes critics of radical Islam, then the radicals will be encouraged.”

Their website suggests that the EDL will be progressing with the march as planned.

Man sentenced for service order breach


A Tower Hamlets man appeared before Thames Magistrates court for breaching his community service order for the possession of Class A drugs.

Anthony Davey, aged 19, was sentenced today at the request of Probation Services for a harsher sentence.
The court heard that Probation Services had asked for him to be removed from the community service programme because this is now the third time he has breached the order.
Having first been sentenced in May, he has been ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work, of which he has only completed 16, and made to pay a total of £120 in compensation and court fees.
Magistrate D J Seaman said: “If I see you again in this court I will be compelled to sentence you to detention. You will be issued with a further 20 hours. Considering you do not work and you are not in education you have no excuse but to complete the hours.
“Your childishness has got your into this situation, you must now find the maturity within yourself to get you out of it."