Overview
- The court found Joseph Nixon guilty of racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment for rushing into a privately hired reception at Liverpool’s Adelphi Hotel and shouting explicit antisemitic abuse.
- The attack took place in the early hours of September 15, 2025, and witnesses told the court the incident lasted seven to eight minutes before Nixon was arrested.
- Victim Jack Surpree told magistrates the outburst left him shocked, ruined part of the wedding his parents had saved for, and made him nervous about attending large Jewish gatherings.
- On October 26, 2026, magistrates sentenced Nixon, 43, to an 18-month community order with 300 hours of unpaid work and ordered him to pay a £114 surcharge, £650 costs and £150 compensation.
- Defence lawyers said Nixon was under severe personal stress, had been caring for elderly parents who later died, was drinking and had faced discrimination as an Irish Catholic, factors the court appears to have weighed in imposing a non-custodial sentence.