Police charge man over 'revolting' attacks on London synagogues
The Metropolitan Police said four synagogues and a private residence had a substance and liquid smeared on them - understood to be bodily fluids - in northwest London earlier this month.
Saturday 13 September 2025 23:44, UK
A 37-year-old man has been charged with a series of attacks on synagogues in northwest London.
Ionut-Cristian Bold, of no fixed address, has been charged with six counts of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage and one count of racially or religiously aggravated harassment without violence.
The Metropolitan Police said four synagogues and a private residence had a substance smeared on them in northwest London between 4 September and 11 September.
Other incidents, which police described as "revolting and appalling", involved liquid being thrown towards a school and over a car in Barnet, north London.
It is understood the substance and liquid were bodily fluids.
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Bold has also been charged with three counts of destruction or damage to property and also of having an article with intent to destroy or damage property.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Superintendent Zubin Writer, who leads local policing in Barnet, Brent and Harrow, said: "We will always treat allegations of this nature extremely seriously and these charges follow an investigation by a team of local officers.
"We continue to offer support to local residents, including members of the Jewish community."
Barry Rawlings, leader of Barnet Council, condemned the attack, saying: "The horrendous antisemitic attacks on our synagogues and a school disgust us. We all stand united in our condemnation of such appalling acts."