Abdisamad Siad, 33, faces three counts of assault by beating and entered not guilty pleas on Wednesday, 21 October. A provisional trial date of 11 December has been fixed at Stratford Magistrates' Court.
According to prosecutor Shubhangi Mitra, a woman pushing her baby daughter in a pram was punched twice in the face at about 1.36pm on Monday, 19 October, without provocation.
Siad also faces a grievous bodily harm with intent charge over an attack on a woman in Islington on Friday, 16 October. His next hearing on that charge is at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 18 November.
Volunteers from Shomrim detained the suspect after the assaults, and police were called around 1.40pm on Monday, 19 October. The three women were believed to have suffered minor injuries.
Abdisamad Siad, 33, has been charged with three counts of assault by beating over attacks on three Jewish women on Clapton Common, Hackney, on Monday, 19 October 2026. He appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on the morning of Wednesday, 21 October, where he entered not guilty pleas to all three charges. He was remanded into custody at the end of the hearing, and the court heard that all three victims were members of the Orthodox Jewish community.
Prosecutor Shubhangi Mitra told the court that a first victim reported being slapped across the face by a man at around 1.30pm. The man then moved as though he was going to punch her before running away. At about 1.36pm, a second complainant who was pushing her baby daughter in a pram was punched twice in the face without provocation, Mitra said. Shortly after, the man allegedly punched a third victim three to four times before running off.
Shomrim, a Jewish neighbourhood watch group, detained a suspect after the assaults, and police were called around 1.40pm on Monday. Officers arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault. The victims were believed to have suffered minor injuries. Police later arrested the same man on suspicion of grievous bodily harm over an unrelated assault on a woman in Islington on Friday, 16 October, and he has since been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent over that attack.
Chief Inspector Erica Crawshaw of the Metropolitan Police said:
“This was an alarming and distressing incident and we are grateful to our partners in the Shomrim for detaining a suspect prior to the arrival of officers.”
The force said it had launched an investigation and asked anyone with information, or any victims who had not yet come forward, to get in touch. Police said the incident was being treated as a suspected antisemitic hate crime and that patrols in the area had been increased. Siad is due at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 18 November for a plea and trial preparation hearing on the grievous bodily harm charge. A provisional trial date for the three assault charges has been fixed for 11 December at Stratford Magistrates' Court. Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting reference 3400/19OCT26, or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Abdisamad Siad, 33, has been charged with three counts of assault by beating after three Jewish women were assaulted on Clapton Common on Monday, 19 October. He was remanded in custody after appearing in court on Wednesday, 21 October.
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