Fourth charge after Golders Green ambulance fires
Four Jewish community ambulances were torched on March 23
A fourth person charged after four Jewish community ambulances were torched in north-west London is expected to appear in court later on Saturday.
Judex Atshatshi, 18, a British national of Dagenham, east London, has been charged with one count of arson with intent to damage property and being reckless as to whether life would be endangered, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
He is in custody and is expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.
The ambulances from Hatzola, a volunteer-led ambulance service operating in the Golders Green area, were set on fire in the early hours of March 23, causing gas canisters stored in the vehicles to explode and resulting in £1 million worth of damage, the court has previously heard.
Atshatshi was arrested on April 16 after counter terrorism detectives attended two addresses in east London, the Metropolitan Police said.
Another 18-year-old arrested on the same day on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life has been released on bail until a date in July.
Two British men, Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, from Leyton, east London, and a 17-year-old boy, of dual British-Pakistani nationality, from Walthamstow, are each charged with one count of arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered and were remanded in custody earlier this month.
Frank Ferguson, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s special crime and counter terrorism division, said: “We have worked closely with the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command as it carried out its investigation.
“We remind all concerned that criminal proceedings against these defendants are active and that they have the right to a fair trial.
“It is vital that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.”