Mosque bacon attack suspects have been identified as one man and one woman. Due to the mosque bacon attack where the two threw slabs of bacon on a Mosque, the pair has been jailed.
According to The Huffington Post UK, the man and woman who were involved in the racially-motivated mosque bacon attack are 39-year-old Douglas Cruikshank from Galashiels in the Borders and 18-year-old Chelsea Lambie from Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Though the mosque bacon attack occurred Jan. 31 last year, both Cruikshank and Lambie are put to jail for throwing bacon at the window of Edinburgh's Central Mosque and wrapping meat around door handles.
A trial was set for the mosque bacon attack, and Cruikshank pled guilty, while Lambie was also found guilty after having denied the charges.
According to The Courier, a man was inside the mosque at the time of the mosque bacon attack. He was reportedly in prayer that morning when he heard something hitting the prayer room window. The man later discovered slices of uncooked bacon stuck to the window. The mosque bacon attack most likely involves some form of racially related motivation as it is known that Islam does not allow pork consumption.
The BBC reports that according to prosecutors, the Edinburgh Sheriff Court said a third offender was found to be involved in the mosque bacon attack and that the offender was associated with the Scottish Defence League. According to Sheriff Alistair Noble at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court, "It does not seem to me there is any way to deal with this case other than by custody."
The third offender was 25-year-old Wayne Stilwel from Gorebridge, Midlothian. He reportedly previously admitted his involvement in the mosque bacon attack and was therefore sentenced to 10 months in jail in September.
An earlier trial for the mosque bacon attack also found that the court heard that Lambie's clothing was discovered with a Blackberry mobile phone at the time of her arrest at her boyfriend's house.
On the day of the mosque bacon attack, messages were found the Blackberry. One said, "Going to invade a mosque, because we can go where we want."
One text said, "What you do last night?" A reply was made saying, "Went to the mosque in Edinburgh and wrapped bacon round the door handles, opened the door and threw it in ha ha ha."
There were also Google searches found on the phone in relation to the mosque bacon attack. The searches included search for the location of the mosque, addresses for taxis and "Edinburgh mosque bacon search".
According to a security guard at the mosque, the mosque bacon attack was caused an offence to Muslims. Usman Mahmood said, "I was surprised if a person did it for a joke. It is against our culture and religion. We do not eat pork or even touch it. I felt very bad seeing this meat in my sacred place. It hurt my feelings when I saw this meat hanging inside the mosque in the worshipping area. It was very disturbing."
Meanwhile, the trial for the mosque bacon attack resulted in Cruikshank and Paisley getting convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour following a trial.
On Friday, the Crown Office said that Cruikshank was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment while Lambie was ordered to spend 12 months in a Young Offender Institution for the mosque bacon attack. Cruickshank reportedly changed his plea to guilty after racial aggravation was deleted from the indictment.
After the sentencing of the mosque bacon attack trial, Sheriff Noble said that while Lambie accepted she was a mother with a very young child, she however denied involvement whatsoever with the mosque bacon attack.
Mosque bacon attack procurator fiscal John Logue for the east of Scotland said, "The Muslim community are a valued and integral part of Scottish society and there is no place for such attacks in modern Scotland. As we strive to become a fairer and more tolerant society to live in we will not let it be blighted by a narrow minded and hateful minority. Prejudice and bigotry have a corrosive effect on our nation and we will maintain our zero-tolerance approach towards such crimes which will continue to be investigated carefully and prosecuted robustly."
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