Former Cambridge University maths student, 23, appears in court charged with anti-Semitic hate crime after ‘calling for extermination of Jews’
- Oliver Bel, 23, allegedly sent a ‘grossly offensive’ message in September 2017
- Defendant is also accused of having a copy of Anarchist’s Cookbook last year
- Bel appeared at Old Bailey via video from Manchester today to face two charges
- Plea hearing was set for June 12 and he was granted continued conditional bail
A former Cambridge University maths student has appeared in court charged with an anti-Semitic hate crime after being accused of ‘calling for the extermination of Jews’.
Oliver Bel, 23, from Oldham, allegedly made a ‘grossly offensive’ post about Jewish people in 2017.
He is also accused of having a copy of the Anarchist’s Cookbook, a terrorism and bomb-making guide, last year.
Oliver Bel, pictured above, 23, from Oldham, Manchester, has appeared in court accused of making a ‘grossly offensive’ post about Jewish people in 2017
Bel, who attended St Ambrose Barlow RC High School, appeared at the Old Bailey today via video link from Manchester to face two charges.
The first alleges that on September 14 2017, he sent a message by an electronic communication network that was ‘grossly offensive’, contrary to the Communications Act 2003.
The second alleges that on November 15 last year in Salford, he possessed a document likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
Bel spoke to confirm his identity and gave his nationality as British during a virtual court hearing before Mr Justice Sweeney.
Bel appeared at the Old Bailey (above) via video link from Manchester to face two charges. A plea hearing was set for June 12 and he was granted continued conditional bail (file photo)
The senior judge transferred the case to Manchester Crown Court to be tried by Judge Alan Conrad QC.
A plea hearing was set for June 12 with a provisional five-day trial from November 2.
The defendant, of Chadderton, Oldham, was granted continued conditional bail.