University of Edinburgh's Sarah Glynn in Stranger than Fiction Defense of Yob
Paul Donnachie, a St Andrews University student, who allegedly rubbed his hands on his genitals, pulled off a pubic hair, and rubbed it over a flag belonging to Jewish student, was found guilty of racist breach of the peace. The verdict by the Cupar Sheriff Court was announced earlier today.
Donnachie, a student of History who devoted the last 19 years to the fight against racism, stated: "This is a ridiculous conviction. Disrespecting the flag is a time-honored method of expressing one's disapproval with the actions of a state," he continued. "This was a political statement and not a statement about one individual."
Paul Donnachie, 19, subsequent to his expulsion from the university stated: "I'm depressed. I have fought racism all my life." (Photo:courtesy of Daily Mail)
Messages Donnachie posted on Facebook read: "There is a Zionist in my hall." Another message stated: "I got into sh*t for disrespecting (an Israeli Flag). F**k them. Standing my ground to the end on this one."
The victim, Mr Chanan Reitblat, a visiting student from the Jewish Yeshiva University in New York, stated he felt "devastated."
According to Daily Mail, Jewish politics lecturer Sarah Glynn was close to tears as she left court and told the victim's family their actions were 'scandalous.' Glynn, a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh and a Teaching Fellow in Geography at St Andrews,stated: "As Jews you should be ashamed. This is devastating."
Previously, after members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign disrupted a performance of the Jerusalem String Quartet, Edinburgh Sheriff raised concerns prosecution as it clashes with freedom of expression: "if persons on a public march designed to protest against and publicize alleged crimes committed by a state and its army are afraid to name that state for fear of being charged with racially aggravated behavior, it would render worthless their Article 10(1) rights. Presumably their placards would have to read, ‘Genocide in an unspecified state in the Middle East'; ‘Boycott an unspecified state in the Middle East' etc.”
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