Mischief charges have been laid towards London doctor Dr. Tarek Loubani following an illustration at MP Peter Fragiskatos’ workplace earlier this week the place he sprayed a bottle of ketchup on the outside.
If that sounds acquainted, that’s as a result of it’s not the primary time.
Almost a yr in the past, Loubani, who additionally teaches at Western College, was arrested and charged with mischief, for committing the very same offense — he spent an evening on the holding cells inside London Police Service Headquarters.
“What I was doing when I sprayed ketchup during this protest against genocide is a constitutionally protected right,” stated Loubani.
He additionally stated that he and different protestors have been asking Fragiskatos to take a powerful place towards an “act of genocide.”
Each protests have been in opposition to the MP’s stance on the warfare in Gaza.
Inside hours of these charges being dropped in a London court docket on Tuesday, Loubani attended Fragiskatos’ workplace as soon as extra, and repeated the incident – expressing no concern of being charged.
London police say that he has been charged once more, together with one other suspect.
– with information from London’s Reta Ismail
