Overview

• Judge Adam Hiddleston at Southwark Crown Court gave Moussa Kadri, 59, a 20‑week prison term suspended for 18 months.
• Kadri must complete 150 hours of unpaid work and 10 days of rehabilitation, and the judge called his conduct disgraceful while warning that the use of blades is a curse on the community.
• He pleaded guilty to assault and possessing a bladed article after confronting protester Hamit Coskun outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge on 13 February.
• Prosecutors said Kadri threatened to kill Coskun, returned with a knife and slashed at him, then told police he was protecting his religion.
• Coskun was convicted in June of a religiously aggravated public order offence and is appealing, as campaign groups and some politicians push for clearer protections for criticism of religion.