Sheriff booed after finding Israeli flag insult student guilty of racism

A SHERIFF was booed from the bench yesterday after finding a student accused of insulting the flag of Israel guilty of racism.

Paul Donnachie stuffed his hands down his trousers then rubbed them on the Star of David after accusing a Jewish student who had the flag of being a terrorist.

At Cupar Sheriff Court, Sheriff Charlie Macnair found Donnachie, 18, a history student at St Andrews University and a member of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign guilty of a racist breach of the peace. He said he was satisfied he had behaved the way he had towards Chanan Reitblat because Mr Reitblat was an Israeli citizen.

He said: "I consider your behaviour did evince malice towards Mr Reitblat because of his presumed membership of Israel. I'm satisfied you said Israel was a terrorist state and the flag was a terrorist symbol and I also hold that you said that Mr Reitblat was a terrorist."

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