ALAM:LAW GRADUATE ACCUSED OF CHUCKING BRICKS AT COPS DURING RIOTS BAILED

An Oxford University law graduate accused of throwing bricks at police officers during last month’s riots has been granted bail.

Fahim Alam, 25, is said to have been part of a mob which attacked officers in Hackney on August 8.

Alam, who also has a master’s degree from the London School of Economics (LSE), is said to have joined the rioting while on his way home from a job interview with the London Civic Forum.

Prosecutors say he threw bricks at police officers, hitting a constable on the leg during a stand-off outside Hackney Town Hall.

Alam appeared in the dock at Wood Green Crown Court this afternoon for a preliminary hearing in his case.

Judge Shaun Lyons granted the defendant bail with a tagged curfew between 6pm and 6am and a condition of residence at his home address.

Alam’s advocate Imran Khan indicated that his client was likely to plead not guilty, and that there would be a trial.

Alam, of The Risings, Snaresbrook, east London, is accused of violent disorder.

He graduated from Oxford University in 2007 and later studied for a Master of Science in race, ethnicity and post-colonial studies at the LSE. He graduated with merit in 2009.

Alam was bailed until November 16 when he will return to court for a plea and case management hearing.
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