Overview
- Leeds Magistrates’ Court on 4 February found Ibhraim Iqbal guilty of two counts of religiously aggravated criminal damage and one count of criminal damage, with sentencing set for 16 February.
- Iqbal vandalised St James’s Hospital’s multi-faith room on 29 November 2025, smashing framed Islamic scripture and defacing multiple Qurans by ripping and burning pages to block the sink and toilet.
- He returned on 9 December to stuff items down drains and was detained the next day when he tried to access the locked room before being arrested by West Yorkshire Police.
- While in custody, he requested crayons and wrote the words “kill Jews” on his police cell wall.
- The CPS said CCTV and a repeated modus operandi linked the incidents and noted 4,358 police referrals flagged as hate crimes in July–September 2025, a 14.7% quarterly increase.