Hasan Patel 16, was shocked to receive the ghoulish image (Picture: @corbynistaTeen)

A Muslim teenager known for his Labour activism has told of his fear at being sent a mock-up image of himself burning on a cross.

Hasan Patel, 16, has amassed a large following on Twitter for his support of Jeremy Corbyn and regularly posts screenshots of racist messages from trolls.

The mock-up he uploaded on Friday features Boris Johnson’s face imposed onto a Ku Klux Klan-like figure, with the message ‘burn in hell you Muslim b*****d’.

Hasan said: ‘I know it shouldn’t bother me, but I’m scared. I’m only 16.’


The teenager told Metro.co.uk that he has been receiving abuse for more than a year but has received a spike of ‘more violent, hateful and threatening’ messages since the election.



In a matter of hours after the cross-burning post Hasan posted three more screenshots in which he was barraged with racist slurs and had violence wished on him.

Hasan has posted a number of screenshots featuring hateful online messages

The latest round of abuse was stoked by an exchange Hasan posted last week in which a man told him he had lost his job as a result of Hasan exposing his racist messages.

The screenshots showed an account named Honeywell 1999 calling Hasan a ‘rag head dirty muslim’ before grovelling to him a week later.

‘I would appreciate if you could remove you [sic] post now as I have lost everything I worked hard for now,’ the troll begged.

Hasan reported the recent abuse to Lancashire Constabulary today but was told nothing could be done because of the cost and difficulty of tracing anonymous accounts.

The force were not available to comment.

‘I’m now seeking legal advice on the next steps to take because I’ve had enough of the abuse, especially given my age and profile,’ he told Metro.co.uk.

‘If we don’t take action it will send a message to these callous individuals that they’re allowed to continue, which would embolden the far-right.’

Hasan pictured outside his old school, George Mitchell School in Leyton, after winning a scholarship to Eton College (Picture: SWNS)

Hasan added: ‘I feel incredibly sad and sorry for people who have such hate brewing in their soul.’

He said he felt ‘helpless’ in the face of an ‘extremely hostile’ political climate, which he chalked down to ‘the actions and words of certain politicians and the failure of the media as a whole in holding them to account’.

Many of the anonymous accounts which sent Hasan racist messages have been deactivated.

Labour Party figures have leapt to his support, with Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott tweeting: ‘Don’t let this horrible abuse get to you.

‘The abuser is quite pathetic. You have your life in front of you.’

Former Labour MP for Kensington Emma Dent Coad said: ‘Horrific, please take any security advice offered.

‘The police CAN trace anonymous twitter accounts, let’s hope they do.’

Hasan was previously abused online for accepting a £76,000 scholarship to Eton College.

He says he was called a ‘traitor, hypocrite, [and] selfish champagne socialist’.

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