Steve Rose answers Richard Dawkins’ claim that the sentences handed out to Chelsea Lambie and Douglas Cruikshank, the perpetrators of the bacon attack on Edinburgh Central Mosque, were an example of the “law gone mad”. Tell Mama, 26 June 2014
Over at her Patheos blog Love, Joy, Feminism Libby Anne takes on those fellow atheists who have dismissed as a harmless prank the desecration of Edinburgh Central Mosque by far-right activists Chelsea Lambie and Douglas Cruikshank.
Yesterday Scottish Defence League supporters Chelsea Lambie and Douglas Cruikshank were jailed for behaving in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear and alarm after being convicted of desecrating Edinburgh Central Mosque with bacon. Both Lambie and Cruikshank, … Continue reading
A teenage girl and 39-year old man, who desecrated a mosque by attacking it with strips of bacon, have both been given custodial sentences. Eighteen-year old Chelsea Lambie from Paisley and Douglas Cruikshank from Galashiels, were told by Sheriff Alistair … Continue reading
A teenage woman and a man have been found guilty of throwing bacon into Central Mosque and wrapping it round the door handles. Chelsea Lambie, 18, from Paisley, and 38-year-old Douglas Cruikshank from Galashiels carried out the early morning attack … Continue reading
A series of text messages were read out to a jury at the trial of two people accused of throwing bacon into the Central Mosque. Detective Sergeant Raymond Gray said the messages were from a Blackberry mobile phone found in … Continue reading
A security guard at the Central Mosque told a court he was left feeling “very bad” after finding bacon had been thrown into the building and placed on the main door handles. Usman Mahmood, 34, said it “hurt my feelings to … Continue reading
Two men and a woman have appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after bacon was allegedly thrown at and stuck to the Central Mosque. Douglas Cruikshank, 37, Chelsea Lambie, 17, and Wayne Stilwel, 24, were charged with a racially prejudiced offence. … Continue reading
A racist teenager who directed a foul-mouthed tirade of abuse at a Paisley shopkeeper has been fined after admitting the offence in court. Chelsea Lambie, who was just 16 at the time, claimed she was offended when challenged over her … Continue reading