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Omar Yassine was arrested and charged with stalking and intimidation after allegedly hurling insults at year 8 student wearing a hijab
Sydney man who allegedly called 13-year-old Muslim girl a ‘terrorist’ berates judge after bail refused Omar Yassine was arrested and charged with stalking and intimidation after allegedly hurling insults at year 8 student wearing a hijabA middle-aged man accused of a “disgusting” Islamophobic attack on a 13-year-old girl has berated a judge after he was denied bail Omar Yassine made an eventful court appearance on Wednesday after being held by police overnight for allegedly verbally abusing the Muslim schoolgirl on a Yassine told the court he had “hurled a few insults” at the girl, her friends and someone he thought was a teacher on Thursday but claimed he had not been the instigator.
“I didn’t threaten or intimidate anyone,” the 50-year-old, who did not want legal representation, said from the Bankstown local court dock on Wednesday. “There were four students hurling threats and abuse at me. ” The police prosecutor said there was strong evidence against Yassine, who the court heard had a 46-page criminal record. The evidence included a video, recorded by the 13-year-old girl on an inner-western Sydney bus, that showed Yassine calling her a barrage of names, the prosecutor said.
The year 8 student, who was wearing a hijab and her school uniform, was allegedly called a “fucking terrorist” and an “immigrant dog” among other insults in the clip, later shared online. The girl and other passengers reported the tirade to police after getting off the bus at Strathfield station. Officers arrested Yassine at a home in nearby Greenacre after the girl and her mother went public about the incident on Tuesday.
In the video, the teen told the man she was born in Australia and reminded him of her young age, but that didn’t stop the alleged abuse. In court, Yassine repeatedly interrupted the police prosecutor and acting judge Gary Still. The 50-year-old said he should be released on bail because he would be able to report to police and was not a risk of committing another serious offence.
“There are a number of matters on your record ... and you are just off a community corrections order. ”“You’re pre-empting my behaviour ... how did you come up with that conclusion? ” Yassine said as he was led off to the cells. The abuse allegedly began after the 13-year-old stood up for another girl in a hijab who believed Yassine was taking photos of her without her knowledge.
The Strathfield state MP Jason Yat-sen Li said he was “horrified and deeply angry” about the alleged incident, while congratulating the teen for speaking up.
“Let me be absolutely clear: Strathfield will not tolerate racist or Islamophobic abuse, particularly when it targets children,” he said.
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