Councillor's son jailed for attacks (From Oxford Mail)

Councillor's son jailed for attacks

7:16pm Friday 12th March 2010 in

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THE son of an Oxford city councilllor has been jailed for attacking a man and a 14-year-old boy.

Law student Omer Hussain was given two 12-month sentences, to run concurrently, after being found guilty of two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Co-accused Afraz Iqbal, of Magdalen Road, wept as he was given a suspended sentence after being convicted of one charge of causing actual bodily harm.

Hussain, 20, of Cowley Road, is the son of Sabir Hussain Mirza, a Labour councillor and former chairman of Oxford Central Mosque.

Hussain and Iqbal were in a group which attacked an 18-year-old in East Oxford in October 2008. Three weeks later a 14-year-old Afghan boy was attacked by a gang in Cowley Marsh Park.

Both men denied the charges but were found guilty at a trial in January.

David Taylor, defending Hussain, told Reading Crown Court his client had worked on community projects. He added: “He has brought shame on his family and he knows that.”

Iqbal was given a 40-week jail sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to do 150 hours’ unpaid work and pay £500 compensation.