Man jailed in UK after releasing rats outside mosque
Edmund Fowler, 66, was caught on film unloading the rodents from the back of his car outside Sheffield Grand Mosque. Footage showed the rats running through the mosque's fence into the grounds of the building.
Fowler did this a further three times between May and June before being charged. He pleaded guilty to four counts of racially aggravated harassment at Sheffield Magistrates' Court, which sentenced him to 18 months in jail and banned him from going near a mosque for a further 18 months upon release.
The mosque's manager said in a statement that community members 'are scared of further harassment and are now too scared to come to the mosque.'
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