Racist jailed for carving swastikas into walls at Westfield Stratford with a knife

A racist has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for carving swastikas into the walls of Westfield shopping centre with a knife and abusing police officers.

Andy Koseda, 54, of no fixed address, was jailed at Snaresbrook Crown Court today, May 5, for multiple knife and racial harassment offences

Officers were called to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, Newham, on February 15, where Koseda had been carving swastikas into the wall with a knife.

When police tried to arrest him, he threatened the officers with the knife and racially abused them.

He was charged with threatening a person with a knife in a public place, racially aggravated harassment, criminal damage, possession of a knife and using threatening words to cause harassment.

Koseda pleaded guilty to all counts at an earlier hearing and was sentenced today.