A convicted Hamas supporter told a Swindon shop worker “I’m going to cut your head off” after ‘she gave him a dirty look’.
Terrorist sympathiser Feras Al-Jayoosi followed the woman around One Below, on Regent Street, aggressively shouting “don’t ignore me” repeatedly.
She retreated into a staff-only storage room fearing for her safety – but the 36-year-old came in behind her.
She told him: “Please leave me alone, I’m not on shift yet.”
He then shouted “I’m going to take your head off, I’m going to cut your head off,” prosecutor Keith Ballinger said.
Al-Jayoosi was ushered out of the storage room by another staff member who rushed to the victim’s aid.
At Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (October 10), he pleaded guilty to a Section 4 Public Order Act offence.
In custody, he told officers that the shop worker had given him a dirty look and had been rude to him on a previous occasion.
Stephen Collins, defending, said his client “accepts a lot of upset was caused” by his actions and confirmed that no bail application is being made due to Al-Jayoosi being recalled to prison.
He was previously convicted of terror offences after wearing T-shirts supporting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Golders Green, London, which has a large Jewish population.
At Westminster Magistrates Court in December 2021 he was given a 16-week prison sentence suspended for two years.
The latest case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report.
Al-Jayoosi was remanded in custody. He is due to appear at the same court for sentencing on November 9.