Australia - Vorchheimer's attackers plead guilty

Two footballers have pleaded guilty to verbally assaulting Menachem Vorchheimer as he walked home from synagogue in October last year.

After a number of lengthy adjournments, James Dalton and Matthew Cuthbert appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to answer a range of charges. They will return to court for sentencing on Thursday.

Cuthbert pleaded guilty to a charge of using insulting words in public. He admitted to saying, “I’m not going to apologise to no fucking Jew.” Three other charges against Cuthbert were dropped.

Dalton meanwhile, pleaded guilty to one count of offensive behaviour. It was Dalton, the captain of the Ocean Grove Football Club, who snatched Vorchheimer’s kippah and hat from his head.

Source: www.ajn.com.au

Date: November 12, 2007

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