Attacker faces court after admitting assaults on Jews

A Muslim who has admitted carrying out two attacks on Orthodox Jews last summer saw his latest hearing adjourned until August. Abdullah Qureshi, 29, had been accused of carrying out a spate of assaults on identifiably Jewish victims in Stamford Hill, north London. The incidents, reported by community organisation Shomrim, had prompted the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to condemn the ‘appalling’ attacks. Qureshi, of Dewsbury, west Yorks, admitted grievous bodily harm and assault by beating at Thames Magistrates’ Court…