EXCLUSIVE: Father said boy is still shaken after attack in South Tottenham

The father of the boy said he avoids going outside after the attack. Stock photo

The father of an eight-year-old boy who was beaten up on his way home and called a ‘stupid Jew’ has said his son avoids going outside after the attack.

When the child does leave the house, he ‘looks over his shoulder’ due to his continued trauma following the assault near Stamford Hill, north London.

It was among 32 anti-Semitic attacks on Orthodox Charedi Jews in the area over one month that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will ‘urgently’ investigate.

Others, recorded by Jewish community group Stamford Hill Shomrim, included a boy, 11, who was threatened with violence if he did not remove his skullcap.

The father of the eight-year-old told MailOnline: ‘He was very upset and shaken by the experience.

‘He keeps looking over his shoulder whenever he’s out and about, he regularly tries to avoid going outside, and he feels insecure.’

The boy was walking home in South Tottenham at 7.15pm on September 11 when a man grabbed him, lifted his jumper and scratched his back.

It was among 32 anti-Semitic attacks on Orthodox Charedi Jews in the area over one month that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will ‘urgently’ investigate

Afterwards, the child ran home crying. The father, who did not wish to be named, welcomed the Mayor's promise of action.

He said: ‘History has shown us that if antisemitism is not challenged and dealt with robustly, it just gets worse and worse.’

Shomrim believes the 32 incidents are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’, as hate crimes are under-reported.

Responding to a question from London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore about the group’s report, Mr Khan said: ‘That number of reports in a single month is of concern.

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‘Both I and the police agree that hate crime is under-reported and this is particularly true with regard to hate crime affecting London’s Orthodox Jewish communities.’

Stamford Hill Shomrim said their study recorded an average of eight anti-Semitic incidents a week, including assaults and threats to kill.

Men were more likely to be targeted than women, possibly because their clothing is more visibly identifiable as Jewish.

President Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE, said: ‘I welcome the response from the Mayor of London.

‘I look forward to Shomrim working closely with the Mayor and the Metropolitan Police in challenging and reducing anti-Semitic incidents targeted at the Charedi Jewish Community.’

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman told MailOnline: 'We are investigating and have not made any arrests.' Anyone with information can phone 101.

Jailed: Thug who shouted 'I'm going to kill all the Jews' at shop assistant

Stuart Birnie, 36, was jailed for six months for threatening to kill ‘all the Jews’ during a tirade of abuse targeted at a shop assistant.

Birnie shouted ‘go f**** yourself, I’m going to kill all the Jews’ and ‘Jews produce too many kids’ during the attack on Stamford Hill High Street at around 9.30am on December 17.

But local Shomrim members who witnessed the attack helped the victim, following Birnie back to his house where police arrested him.

Stuart Birnie, 36, was jailed for six months for threatening to kill ‘all the Jews’ during a tirade of abuse targeted at a shop assistant

The victim, who is in his twenties and spoke on condition of anonymity, told MailOnline: ‘I was going into a meat shop near Stoke Newington railway station when he approached me.

‘When I was walking into the shop I heard him say, “I’ll f****** kill all Jewish people”.

‘I was too much in shock to do anything, and he abused me another three times as he walked away.’

Shomrim members who were standing across the road saw what had happened and called the police.

The victim added: ‘They took me in the car and followed the person for about 15 minutes until we got to his house – which is just around the corner from mine.

‘He didn’t realise at first that we were following him, but then he looked in the back of our car and saw me there.

‘Then he came up to the door and banged on the windows asking why the Jews were producing so many kids and threatening to kill us.’

At Wood Green Crown Court, Birnie was found guilty of racially and religiously aggravated harassment and sentenced him to six months in prison

Birnie went into his house in Hackney and the police arrived around ten minutes later and arrested him.

At Wood Green Crown Court, Birnie was found guilty of racially and religiously aggravated harassment and sentenced him to six months in prison.

The victim did not look at Birnie at any point during the trial, saying that he did not want to see his face.

‘He was bending down all the time. I wasn’t going to look at him. The attack hurt me, it killed my life. Walking around my area now I feel scared.

‘But the best thing anyone can do is call the police and speak firmly about what happened in court. Don’t look at the person who abused you, be confident and say what you believe.’

The case was one of four successful convictions of anti-Semites secured by Shomrim over two months.